The creep suspected of bludgeoning a “hero’’ city health worker with a hammer in a Queens subway station was arrested Sunday, police said.
William Blount, 57, is facing charges of attempted murder, robbery and assault for the brutal Thursday evening attack that critically wounded victim Nina Rothschild, 57, at the Queens Plaza E, M and R station.
The attack was denounced by the Mayor Eric Adams, who said Friday that “a woman taking the train should not be struck in the head with a hammer.”
Rothschild was headed home from her job as a research scientist with the New York City Health Department when she was attacked
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