An 85-Year-Old Woman Was 'Punched' Unconscious At Kipling Station Yesterday
This comes weeks after another woman was set on fire.
A heartbreaking attack left an 85-year-old woman unconscious on July 7 after she was reportedly punched at Kipling Station.
Toronto Police Service (TPS) report the woman was assaulted in what appears to be a "random attack" at the subway station yesterday at 11:15 a.m.
A TPS spokesperson told Narcity the woman was reportedly hit with a "nasty punch," leaving her unconscious. However, she was "revived," according to a tweet from Toronto Police Operations on Thursday morning.
ASSAULT:
Kipling Subway Station
* 11:15 am *
- Reports man assaulted a woman in her 60's
- Appears to be random attack
- Woman is unconscious
- Man has fled
- Officers with victim
- She has revived
- Suspect - Black, 30s, black shirt/pant, black toque, white scarf#GO1290952
^dh pic.twitter.com/DffwLSwkrz
— Toronto Police Operations (@TPSOperations) July 7, 2022
After the assault, officers said that the woman's attacker fled the scene.
The elderly woman was then transported to a hospital for her injuries, according to a press release.
Police are still looking for the suspect, who they describe being a 6-foot-tall Black man in his 30s wearing a black shirt, black pants, a black toque and a white scarf.
TPS has released images of the suspect and is asking for the public's help to identify the individual.
News Release - Person to be identified in Assault investigation, Kipling Subway Station, Images releasedhttps://t.co/Bygvr5CePw pic.twitter.com/fb7ZifSPLf
— Toronto Police (@TorontoPolice) July 8, 2022
Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 416-808-2200, Crime Stoppers anonymously at 416-222-TIPS (8477), or at www.222tips.com.
Kipling Station may be on its way to earning an unsafe reputation, as this random attack comes just weeks after a woman in her 20's was set on fire in a "hate-motivated" attack and later died.