Police are looking for two people after a 17-year-old girl was scratched in the face during an argument at the Gun Hill Road subway station in the Bronx. The confrontation happened on Oct. 26, and investigators are now asking the public for help identifying those involved.
According to News12, police say the teenage girl got into an argument with two people at the station, and one of them scratched her in the face. The station notes that police are searching for suspects linked to the assault and are seeking information about the incident. Anyone with details is asked to call the NYPD, per the report.
Beyond the argument, the scratch to her face, and the Oct. 26 date, the available police account does not include further details about what led to the dispute or whether the girl needed medical attention. No arrests have been announced in connection with the case, based on the information released so far.
A Station With a History of Violent Incidents
This isn't the first time Gun Hill Road has drawn police attention. A 15-year-old girl was beaten unconscious near the same Bronx subway station in an earlier, separate incident, according to nbcnewyork.com. Police said that girl had gotten off a northbound 2 train and was walking near the Bronx River at about 4 a.m. when she was attacked, leaving her with bruising to her head and missing teeth, the outlet reported.
Other violent episodes have also unfolded at or near the station in recent years. On Sept. 27, 2022, three people robbed a 15-year-old boy at gunpoint at Gun Hill Road station, making off with property valued at about $1,060, according to norwoodnews.org. The outlet reported that three unidentified male individuals approached the victim and demanded his property while displaying a firearm.
Then on March 26, 2023, a 38-year-old man was stabbed in the lower back on the southbound platform at the East Gun Hill Road station following a dispute that started on a moving 2 train, Norwood News reported. The suspect displayed a knife before stabbing the victim, according to the outlet, and the NYPD later asked for the public's help identifying the person seen in video from that attack.
The supplied police and news accounts do not establish whether assaults at the station are becoming more frequent or how the Oct. 26 incident compares statistically to those earlier cases — only that each has drawn a separate investigation. For now, investigators are focused on identifying the two people involved in last week's confrontation, and anyone with information is urged to come forward to police.
