Police are investigating a suspected homophobic hate crime that occurred in New York last month. Two victims, both 19-years-old, were attacked in an unprovoked encounter while riding the Queens-bound E train on July 31, according to the New York City Police Department.
The teenagers were approached at 3:30am by a man who made homophobic comments and further escalated the attack by repeatedly punching one of the victims.
As the train pulled at Court Square station, the attacker also struck the second victim in the face, New York NBC reports. A 32-year-old woman tried to aid the teenagers was also injured by the unnamed attacker who fled the scene on foot.