A subway dancer allegedly punched a passenger for paying attention to his phone instead of the performance.

The passenger, 39, was looking at his phone on a northbound A train last Monday when a performer grabbed the phone, resulting in a struggle in which the man was punched, police said to DNA Info. Before the incident, the performer allegedly yelled, “Anyone who isn’t paying attention, suck my d---.”

The victim left the incident with a cut and swelling on his face, police told DNA Info.

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After punching the victim, the performer allegedly fled the scene with three others, leaving the police little information beyond that he was roughly 20 years old, The Source stated in a related article.

The performer and his cohorts exited the train at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in Brooklyn. 

By: Jason Nuckolls, Metro New York

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