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NYC Police Seek Anti-LGTBQ+ Assailant

by Kilian Melloy

EDGE Staff Reporter

Wednesday August 11, 2021

An assailant hurling anti-LGBTQ+ slurs assaulted three people on a late-night train. The NYPD is now looking for tips that might lead to his arrest.

The attacks took place at about 3:30 am on July 31, local news source PIX 11reported.

"It started on a Queens-bound E train, when the man approached two 19-year-old men and made anti-gay statements toward them, police said," the PIX 11 story detailed. "He punched one of them in the face multiple times."

Then, the account continued, "the man punched the other teen in the face" — and he also struck a woman who attempted to intervene. The victims left the train at one stop, as did the alleged assailant, who fled on foot.

"All the victims suffered pain and swelling to their faces but they refused medical attention, police said," NBC New York reported.

"The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force is now investigating the incident," NBC New York added. "Investigators on Monday released images of the suspect," the report added.

Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.