Police are looking for a slasher who cut a 27-year-old man in the face during some sort of dispute in a Brooklyn subway station just before the afternoon rush Tuesday.
The suspect, in his 30s, attacked the 27-year-old by the turnstiles in the mezzanine of the Nevins Street 2/3/4/5 station in downtown Brooklyn about 4:15 p.m., according to the NYPD.
The 27-year-old was cut on the right side of his face, police said.
The slasher ran off afterward, and surveillance footage obtained exclusively by News 4 showed the victim chasing after his attacker with a bag in his hand.
Mike Oneal was sitting outside the station at the time of the slashing. He said he saw one of the two men involved running down the street. Someone yelled at the man about his phone, and Oneal said he doubled back to grab it before continuing north on Flatbush Avenue.
"It's unusual," he said. "Not something that happens every day."
The slashing did not disrupt subway service, but heavy police presence could be observed around the station and at least one entrance was cordoned off by crime scene tape for much of the afternoon.
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Police said it's not clear if the two men knew each other, or what spurred the disagreement that ended in bloodshed. They're reviewing surveillance footage from the scene and ask anyone with information about the slashing should call 1-800-577-TIPS.
