NEW YORK – Police in New York are searching for a man accused of attacking a New York City Parks Department employee in Manhattan’s Riverside Park for no known motive, authorities say.
Investigators say the suspect became aggressive toward the 29-year-old city worker near Riverside Drive and West 79th Street around 8 p.m. a week ago, when in broad daylight, he punched the man in the face. worker before leaving on a scooter.
The entire incident was captured on surveillance cameras and shows a man violently beating one of two workers approaching him, batons raised, in a roadside area within the Upper West Side space.
That officer confronts the suspect and the two are seen throwing punches and kicks as other officers try to stop the chaos and the confused bikers pause, then weave their way through the confrontation.
The worker was treated at the scene for a laceration.
Anyone with information is asked to call the Crime Stoppers line at 1-888-57-PISTA.
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