Police say they are looking for a man who allegedly hit a sleeping 22-year-old man in the head with a hammer in his apartment on the Lower East Side Tuesday morning.
The victim was sleeping when he awoke to find the suspect attacking him in the head with a hammer, according to police.
The victim tried to run away, and the suspect hit him again, both on the head and the arm, police said.
The suspect then fled.
The suspect had been subletting the apartment from the victim, police said, though it's not clear how long he'd been staying there or how well the two knew each other.
The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.
