Police are looking for a burly, bald alleged bias attacker who violently shoved a man with his hair in a “man bun” in the Village, injuring him, last weekend.
According to police, the perpetrator approached a 32-year-old man in front of 170 W. Fourth St., between Jones and Cornelia St., on Sun., Oct. 2, around 5:33 p.m., yelled antigay remarks at him and pushed the victim from behind, causing the victim to fall and strike his head on a window frame of a commercial establishment.
The thug then fled the location. The victim was removed by E.M.S. ambulance to Beth Israel Hospital, where he was treated and released for a laceration to the head and complaint of pain.
The New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating the incident.
The suspect is described as a male Hispanic in his mid-20s, around 6 feet tall and 240 pounds, with a medium complexion, bald with a dark beard and tattoos on both forearms. He was last seen wearing a black short-sleeve T-shirt with a large image of a person wearing sunglasses on the front, black pants and black sneakers.
Police released a video of the attack.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Police Department’s Crime Stoppers Hotline, at 800-577-TIPS, or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Tips can also be submitted by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Web site, www.nypdcrimestoppers.com, or by texting them to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577. All tips are confidential.
