Shocking moment woman attacks a cellist playing in NYC subway station by hitting him over the head with a metal bottle before fleeing and evading cops inside Macy’s
- Iain Forrest, 27, was performing at Herald Square station when an unknown woman attacked him
- The medical student was also attacked in June while playing in Times Square
A cellist was hit in the head by a stranger wielding a water bottle while performing on the New York City subway the day before Valentine’s Day.
Iain Forrest, 27, a medical student and musician, played his electric cello at the 34th Street Herald Square Station on the evening of February 13.
In a shocking moment captured on video, an unknown woman came up to him, grabbed the metal water bottle he had placed on the ground and smashed it over his head.
The bottle clattered to the floor as Forrest held his head in pain.
Forrest wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that the woman fled the station and fled to a nearby Macy’s, where she evaded city police.
Iain Forrest, 27, was playing electric cello in a Manhattan subway station when an unknown woman hit him on the head with a metal water bottle
The medical student and performer was attacked at the 34th Street Herald Square Station on the evening of February 13. Forrest said the woman fled the station and fled to a nearby Macy’s, evading NYPD officers
Forrest is completing his MD-PHD studies at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
“This is the second attack I have suffered in less than a year while performing for New Yorkers in subway stations,” the artist wrote on social media.
‘I don’t think I can do this anymore. I am suspending subway performances indefinitely.”
The first incident occurred in June, when Forrest was beaten and strangled by another man in Times Square.
He happened to be treated at Mount Sinai, the same hospital where he is attending medical school.
Police say they are looking for a woman linked to the latest attack who was last seen wearing a mustard yellow jacket, black hat and red scarf.
“No one in the transit system, including musicians, should be subjected to violence, and when the NYPD catches up with the person who committed this senseless attack, they will be held accountable,” the Metropolitan Transit Authority wrote in a statement.
Forrest is a member of the MTA’s Music Under New York program, which schedules music performances at transit hubs throughout the city.
The 27-year-old performs under the name ‘Eyeglasses’, playing covers for electric cello and also writing his own music.
The 27-year-old was beaten and strangled by a stranger while performing in Times Square last June
Police say they are looking for the perpetrator of the latest attack, who was last seen wearing a mustard-colored jacket, black hat and red scarf
In addition to his studies, Forrest is a member of the MTA’s Music Under New York program
He started playing in the subway before giving a breakout performance at Radio City Music Hall in 2020 and playing in the New York Yankees’ 2022 opener.
He started playing in the Metro before making a debut performance at Radio City Music Hall with Josh Groban in 2020.
Two years later, the 27-year-old performed at the New York Yankees’ 2022 opener at Yankee Stadium.
In addition to his musical pursuits, Forrest is completing an MD-PHD at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai after receiving his doctorate in May.
Forrest did not immediately respond to DailyMail.com’s request for comment.