Three Men Allegedly Punch Homeless Man At Hoboken Pizza Shop

A homeless man was assaulted in downtown Hoboken on Saturday around 2 a.m., according to Hoboken police.

A homeless man, dressed in a brown sweater and a brown jacket was asking people for money around 101 Washington St., police said. An eye witness said that he saw three unkown men get involved in a verbal dispute with the homeless man, police said.

The fight escalated into a physical altercation the eye witness told the police, according to the report. According to the police report, the men began to punch the man with their fists as they chased him into Basile's Pizzeria on Washington and Newark Streets.

The witness said that once the homeless man got away, the homeless man went east on Newark Street as the three men went north on Washington Street, according to the police report.

Nobody was arrested. Police searched for the men involved in the fight, but coulnd't find anybody, according to the report.

The fight was captured on video surveillance in the pizza shop, police said.