Woman wearing scrubs sought in choking attack on MTA bus in Brooklyn

Tuesday, November 27, 2018
BROOKLYN, New York City (WABC) -- The search is on for a woman behind a violent attack on an MTA bus in Brooklyn.

Surveillance video shows the suspect at the 86th Street R subway station after the attack on November 14 aboard an S-79 bus.
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The woman is accused of punching a 67-year-old woman in the chest, then wrapping her hands around the victim's neck and choking her.

She was last seen wearing green medical scrub pants.
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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).

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