Police are looking for a person who threw a milk crate and site visitors cones at a Occasions Sq. meals vendor in a caught-on-camera assault earlier this month.
The 57-year-old sufferer was approached round 6:15 p.m. Could 14 at Seventh Avenue and West fortieth Road, the NYPD mentioned in a launch Saturday.
The 2 males engaged in a verbal dispute, which escalated and have become bodily.
The attacker kicked and punched the seller after which, “picked up a milk crate and struck the sufferer within the head earlier than throwing a number of site visitors cones in direction of the sufferer,” cops mentioned, whereas releasing the footage.
The sufferer suffered a lower to his head. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, the place he was handled and launched.
The suspect took off after the assault. He's described as a male with a darkish complexion and brief darkish hair, who stands about 6-feet-2-inches tall and weighs 160-pounds.
He was final seen carrying a black surgical masks, again sweatpants, a black t-shirt, a backpack and grey Crocs.
Anybody with info in regard to the incident is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The general public can even submit their ideas by logging onto the Crime Stoppers web site at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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