Autistic Teen Assaulted in NYC Subway, Suspects Identified and Arrest Made
TL;DR
Three teen suspects have been identified and one is in custody after a 15-year-old boy with autism was attacked on a subway train last week. The attack happened during the rush hour commute, and the victim was ultimately surrounded and pummeled in the face multiple times. The NYPD Hate Crimes is now looking into the attack because of anti-Black slurs that were being tossed around.
- Subway attack: Suspects ID'd in A train assault on teen with autism; 1 in custody WABC-TV
- Autistic teen beat by group at NYC subway station caught on camera Fox News
- NYPD searching for suspects in subway attack on autistic teen FOX 5 New York
- Suspect, 14, in Manhattan subway station group attack on boy, 15, arrested: sources PIX11 New York News
- Teen called racial slur and attacked on NYC subway, police say NBC News
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