Police: Man hit with hammer on subway after argument over taking up too much space

Saturday, April 8, 2017
LOWER EAST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- An argument turned violent on a subway train on the Lower East Side.

Police say a 30-year-old and a 53-year-old man were on a Queens-bound J train on Friday night. When one of them wanted to sit down, they got into an argument with another group of men, because they were taking up too much space.
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The 30-year-old was hit in the face and in the chest. Then, one of the men in the group pulled out a hammer and hit the 30-year-old several times before running off.

No arrests have been made.
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