Police say the suspect approached the uniformed guard and a mechanic as they were working on a MetroCard machine last Wednesday.
It happened at the Fulton Street and Utica Avenue subway station in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Police say the suspect got into a fight with the guard, then took off.
The guard was not hurt.
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