The NYPD is seeking help identifying a person wanted in connection with an assault.
How to Submit a Tip
The NYPD says anyone with information can call the Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish speakers, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted through the NYPD Crime Stoppers website or sent directly to the X account @NYPDTips.
Separate assaults in the area
This is not the first time an older adult has been attacked in the immediate area. Just blocks away, on the northbound 1 train platform near Seventh Avenue and West 28th Street, a 73-year-old man was struck with an object following a dispute on August 14, as reported by Hoodline. In that case, the attacker also fled in an unknown direction, and more than three weeks later no arrest had been made, the outlet reported.
amNY reported a separate assault in 2022 involving an 87-year-old woman near West 28th Street and 8th Avenue. No connection to the October 14 incident has been established.
Precinct and support resources
According to the NYPD, the 10th Precinct serves Chelsea. For older adults affected by crime, NYC Aging says its Crime Prevention and Support Services program helps people impacted by crimes including physical assaults; the agency lists Aging Connect at 212-AGING-NYC (212-244-6469) as a way to reach its supports and programs, according to NYC Aging.
Other Assaults on Older New Yorkers
Hoodline has separately reported on other assaults involving older adults across the city, including a 2021 attack on a 70-year-old woman near East 14th Street and Second Avenue and a 2022 Brooklyn assault in which a 72-year-old victim was slashed in the face with a knife. The outlet has also noted that felony assault has continued to buck the broader downward trend in subway crime across the five boroughs, though specific figures were not provided. Separately, the same outlet reported that NYC Aging's Service Needs Assessment found nearly 15% of older-adult respondents reported elder abuse and/or crime since turning 60, a measure that accounts for attacks by strangers but groups street and public crime with broader categories. None of these cases has been shown to be connected to the October 14 incident in Chelsea.
Anyone with information about the assault is urged to come forward through the Crime Stoppers channels listed above.
