Hot Pants Wearing Psycho Slashes Woman in Face in Random Attack

Police are searching for this woman in connection with a random slashing in Harlem. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice

September 3, 2023

NEW YORK - Cops are looking for a woman dressed in shorts who slashed a woman across the face with a butcher knife in a random attack.

Police released surveillance video of the suspect who was dressed like a hipster who investigators said viciously slashed a woman for no reason.

At around 6 pm on September 1, a 65-year-old woman was walking in front of 555 8 Avenue in Harlem. A woman in her 30s walked up to her, pulled a butcher knife out of a shopping bag and without warning slashed the victim across the face.

The attacker fled on foot north on 8th Avenue.

EMS rushed the victim to Mount Sinai West. She sustained a cut under her left eye and was listed in stable condition.

The suspect is described as  a woman with a light complexion between the ages of 30 and 40. She is 5 foot 1 inch tall with a medium complexion and medium length blonde hair. She was last seen wearing bright shiny pink shorts with a black or blue furry jacket. She was also seen wearing a beige bucket hat, white shirt, black socks and black shoes. She was seen carrying shopping bags.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 

All calls are strictly confidential.