Rider Pistol Whipped on Subway

Muggers Beat Straphanger at Bowling Green Station
The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a beating an robbery inside a lower Manhattan subway station. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD is searching for this man in connection with a beating an robbery inside a lower Manhattan subway station. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein

Manhattan Voice

March 27, 2024


MANHATTAN - A subway rider was punched and pistol whipped during a robbery inside the Bowling Green Station, the NYPD announced. Cops made one arrest and are searching for a second robber. 



At around 11 pm on March 23, a 22-year-old man was standing on the platform at the Bowling Green station waiting for a northbound Number 4 train. Two men walked up to the straphanger and attacked. 


Cops said the first robber punched the victim in the face and removed the man’s iPhone. The second suspect took out a gun and pistol whipped the victim in the face. 


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The two attackers then ran out of the station. 


The victim suffered a laceration to the right eye. 


An investigation led cops to arrest 19-year-old Ivan Maldonado of Madison Avenue. They believe he is the man who pistol whipped the victim. 


Cops are still searching for the other robber. 



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.

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