Police from the 101st Precinct in Far Rockaway and Transit District 23 are on the lookout for a slipper-wearing gunman who menaced an on-duty MTA worker at the Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue subway station on the night of Monday, Aug. 14.
The 22-year-old MTA employee was standing on the platform just before 11 p.m. when a stranger approached and pulled out a gun and pointed it in the man’s direction before jumping into a northbound A train, police said. The victim was not injured during the incident.
The NYPD released surveillance photos of the gunman on Aug. 17.
He has a dark complexion and is approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall and 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt, gray shorts and black slippers.
Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
