A woman was punched in the face and left on the ground with a lacerated nose after an attack near West 60th Street and Amsterdam Avenue on Tuesday night, according to the NYPD. The incident, which police say happened at about 8:23 p.m., sparked a Crime Stoppers alert as investigators released images of a person of interest and asked the public for help identifying the suspect.
Police Details and Reward
In a post from NYPD Crime Stoppers on X, police say an unknown assailant approached the woman, struck her in the face, and caused a laceration to her nose that sent her to the ground. The alert notes the attack took place in the vicinity of West 60 Street and Amsterdam Avenue at roughly 8:23 p.m. and includes still images of a person of interest tied to the case.
The post also advertises a reward of up to $3,500 for information that leads to an arrest and indictment, underscoring how seriously investigators are treating what appears to be a quick, brutal street assault.
How to Help
Anyone with information is asked to DM @NYPDTips or call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), according to the NYPD Crime Stoppers website. Tips can also be submitted through the online portal, and police emphasize that all calls are kept confidential. Tipsters may be eligible for the posted reward if their information results in an arrest and indictment.
Crime Stoppers Alerts in Context
Crime Stoppers alerts are one of the NYPD’s go-to tools for pulling the public into ongoing investigations, often pairing surveillance images with reward offers. In another case covered by CBS New York, police similarly released video and dangled a reward to help identify a suspect wanted for assault. Those community-driven tips have, in some investigations, provided the break detectives needed to make an arrest.
In this latest Upper West Side case, police are urging anyone who was in the area Tuesday night to check doorbell or security-camera footage and report anything that might help. Authorities remind the public to call 911 for emergencies and to use the Crime Stoppers hotline to submit tips. As of Thursday, no arrests had been announced, and investigators say prompt reporting could be critical to moving the probe forward.
