Elderly woman attacked and robbed in Queens parking garage

NEW YORK - An elderly woman using a walker was attacked and robbed in Queens.

It happened inside a parking garage in Jackson Heights.

It happened Friday evening inside a parking garage on 35th Avenue.  The woman was walking through the garage around 7 p.m. when the man came up behind her and shoved her down.  He snatched her purse, which was in the walker and then ran off and entered the 74th St. and Roosevelt Ave. subway station.

The NYPD says the 85-year-old suffered minor injuries to the right side of her body.  EMS treated her at the scene.

The suspect is described as a man approximately 5'8" tall, 200 pounds, with a dark complexion, heavy build, and a mustache. He was last seen wearing a black baseball hat with the White Sox logo on the front, a light-colored face mask, a black winter jacket with yellow trim, black pants, and black shoes.