A brutal early morning attack at a subway station in the Bronx is being investigated as a possible hate crime. It happened at 1 a.m. Friday at East Tremont Avenue and Grand Concourse in the Mount Hope section.
Police say a 21-year-old man, identified as Dazjuan Starr, was accosted by a suspect on the platform of a southbound D train.
The suspect yelled an anti-gay slur, pulled out a hammer, hit the victim in the armpit, then threw him onto the subway tracks before fleeing.
Starr suffered wounds to the face and head and was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he is listed in stable condition.
There were no immediate arrests.
Jim Dolan has more details:
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