New York Metropolis’s spate of apparently unprovoked assaults on strangers continued over the weekend, with an unidentified black assailant hitting one other man at the back of the pinnacle with a hammer on a Manhattan subway platform.
The attacker appeared to swing the hammer with full drive, hitting his 44-year-old sufferer so arduous that the bleeding man fell onto the tracks. Police on Sunday posted a Twitter message displaying video footage of the incident and in search of the general public’s assist in figuring out the perpetrator.
?WANTED for ASSAULT: On eight/21/21 at approx. 9:08 PM, on the Union Sq subway station 'N/R' line @NYPD13PCT Manhattan. A dispute with a 44 Y/O male vic led to the suspect hitting him on the pinnacle with a hammer. Any data name or DM NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS. Reward as much as $ three,500. pic.twitter.com/RIajhIEkdM
— NYPD Crime Stoppers (@NYPDTips) August 22, 2021
The assault occurred after 9pm on Saturday on the Union Sq. subway station. The assailant seemed to be a bearded black man sporting a white baseball hat and a black T-shirt printed with the phrases, “I’m black historical past.” The sufferer was pulled from the tracks by different subway passengers and was taken to an area hospital for remedy of his head damage.
Police advised the New York Publish that earlier than the assault, the suspect advised the opposite man, “Don’t take a look at me. In case you come any nearer, I’m going to hit you.” As the person walked away, the attacker went to a close-by bench and pulled a hammer from his bag. He then got here again and struck the sufferer from behind with the hammer.
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The incident marked the most recent in a sequence of scary assaults on New York pedestrians over the previous week. Final Sunday, a black man later arrested and recognized as Aaron Garcia, attacked 50-year-old Miguel Solorzana with a hatchet at a financial institution ATM. Garcia had allegedly threatened different New Yorkers in current days, in a single case with a hammer. Police reportedly advised one other financial institution buyer whom he’d allegedly threatened with the hatchet that Garcia was “searching” and “wished to harm someone.”
Man Attacked By Hatchet-Wielding Robber In New York Metropolis!
Warning: graphic! Police have launched this video and are asking on your assist in figuring out this legal! It occurred inside a Chase financial institution within the monetary district of Manhattan. pic.twitter.com/OB38pwwYzh
— Perez (@ThePerezHilton) August 19, 2021
The hammer assault at Union Station was the second such incident on a New York subway platform in two days. On Friday, a black man wielding a metallic stick beat a 58-year-old girl on the Church Avenue G station in Brooklyn. As within the different two assaults, the person got here up from behind earlier than swinging his weapon. He whacked the lady repeatedly within the head, leg and arm, police stated. Just like the hammer-swinging suspect, the metallic rod-wielding assailant additionally stays at massive.
Man beats girl with metallic stick on Brooklyn subway platform https://t.co/Hq1rb6ercK pic.twitter.com/rC0iEfHtIN
— New York Publish (@nypost) August 22, 2021
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