Female Bashed in Head with Baseball Bat in Chelsea

Random Attacker Bashes Victim in Head

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a random attack in Chelsea in which a woman was bashed in the back of the head with a baseball bat. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice

February 26, 2024

MANHATTAN - A woman was bashed in the head with a baseball bat during a random attack in Chelsea, cops said.

At around 10 pm on February 8, a 25-year-old woman was walking in front of a Fed Ex store at 229 7th Avenue. Cops said an unknown man ran up behind her and hit her in the back of the head with a baseball bat.

The victim fell to the ground and the attacker ran away.

EMS rushed the victim to Lenox Hill Hospital where she was listed in stable condition. 

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Cops said she suffered a laceration and bruising to the head.

The suspect was captured on street surveillance video waving a bat. He is described as a male with a dark complexion and medium build.  He was last seen wearing a black jacket, gray pants, a blue knit hat, and gray sneakers.

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. 

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