Slasher slices man in the face
during Lower East Side argument
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
Law enforcement agents
are looking for the
knife-wielding suspect
who slashed a 63-year-old
man in the face during an
argument on the Lower East
Side over the weekend.
Police said the assault occurred
at 12:41 p.m. on June
27 in front of an apartment
building on Second Avenue
between East 2nd and 3rd
Streets in the Bowery.
According to authorities,
the victim and suspect became
embroiled in a verbal
PHOTO COURTESY OF NYPD
The suspect behind
a slashing on 2nd
Avenue on the Lower
East Side Saturday,
June 27, 2020.
dispute; police said they do
not know yet what sparked
the street beef.
The argument turned violent, cops said,
when the suspect pulled out a knife and
slashed the man across the face. Following
the attack, the assailant took off in an
Seven people wounded in three
morning shootings across
Brooklyn and Manhattan
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
Bullets fl ew on the
Upper West Side
of Manhattan at
around 8 a.m., when a
26-year-old man was shot
inside an apartment building
on West 62nd Street
near Amsterdam Avenue,
right around the corner
from Lincoln Center.
Cops from the 20th
Precinct, in responding
to a 911 call about the
incident, found the victim
in a hallway with gunshot
wounds to his back and
leg.
Responding paramedics
rushed the victim to Cornell
University Hospital;
he is expected to make a
recovery.
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At this time, police
have not established a
motive for the shooting, or
a description of a suspect.
The incident continued
the recent spike in shootings
across New York
City. The NYPD reported
recently that shootings increased
64% during May;
homicides also surged by
79.1% during the month.
unknown direction.
Offi cers from the 9th
Precinct and EMS responded
to the incident.
Paramedics brought the
victim to Bellevue Hospital
in stable condition.
Police did not provide a
physical description of the
suspect, who’s shown in
an image that the NYPD
released late on Sunday
night. He’s pictured wearing
a white bucket hat, a
white t-shirt, blue jeans, and
white sneakers while toting
a black bag on his shoulder.
Anyone with information
regarding his whereabouts
can call Crime Stoppers at
800-577-TIPS (for Spanish,
dial 888-57-PISTA).
com, or on Twitter @
Anyone with information
regarding the latest
shootings in Brooklyn and
Manhattan can call Crime
Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS
(for Spanish, dial
888-57-PISTA). You can
also submit tips online at
nypdcrimestoppers.com,
or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
All calls and messages are
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Police blotter
Double shooting in Flatiron
District leaves young woman
dead, man injured
BY ROBERT
POZARYCKI
Cops are looking for
the shooter who
gunned down a
19-year-old woman and
injured a 21-year-old man
in the Flatiron District early
on Friday morning.
Law enforcement
PHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES
sources said the killing
took place at 12:29 a.m. on
June 26 near the corner of
East 26th Street and 5th
Avenue.
Offi cers from the 13th
Precinct, in responding to
a 911 call about a person
shot, found 19-year-old
Erica Lopez of Norwalk,
CT shot in the chest and
Miscreant in Manhattan burns sleeping
homeless man with firework: cops
BY ROBERT POZARYCKI
Cops need the public’s help in fi nding
the tough guy who burned a sleeping
homeless man on a Manhattan street
with an ignited fi rework.
Police said the incident happened at 4
a.m. on June 22 along Malcolm X Boulevard
between West 113th and West 114th Streets
in Harlem.
According to law enforcement sources,
the miscreant saw the 66-year-old homeless
man sleeping on the sidewalk and apparently
decided to deliver a rude awakening.
Cops said the perpetrator lit a fi rework
and hurled it at the victim. The fi rework then
detonated, burning the homeless man’s back
and leg.
The suspect had fl ed the scene by the time
offi cers from the 28th Precinct and EMS
arrived.
Paramedics brought the victim to St.
Luke’s Hospital in stable condition.
On June 27, the NYPD released video
footage showing the perpetrator throwing
the ignited fi rework at the victim.
the 21-year-old man with a
bullet to his leg. It’s unclear
if the two victims were
known to each other.
Paramedics rushed both
victims to Bellevue Hospital,
where Lopez died upon
arrival; the man remains
hospitalized there in stable
condition.
The motive for the
shooting remains under
investigation. A police
source said the two victims
were involved in an argument
with an unidentifi ed
person moments before the
gunfi re.
Cops are now looking for
a male suspect; no further
description was provided.
No arrests have been
made, and the investigation
is ongoing.
SCREENSHOT OF VIDEO PROVIDED BY NYPD
The miscreant who hurled an ignited
firework at a homeless man on Malcolm
X Boulevard in Harlem on June
22, 2020.
Anyone with information regarding
his whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers
at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial
888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips
online at nypdcrimestoppers.com, or on
Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls and messages
are kept confi dential.
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