Crime & Safety

Antisemitic Hate Speech, Threats Hurled At Teen In Bayside, Police Say

Police are looking for the person who threatened to shoot a 19-year-old in Bay Terrace earlier this month, the NYPD said.

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The authorities are searching for an individual who made anti-Semitic statements toward a 19-year-old man in Bayside, the NYPD said.
The authorities are searching for an individual who made anti-Semitic statements toward a 19-year-old man in Bayside, the NYPD said. (Courtesy of NYPD)

BAYSIDE, QUEENS – Police are looking for the person who hurled antisemitic hate speech and violent threats at a 19-year-old man in Bayside, the NYPD said.

The person threatened to shoot the young man near the Old Navy Store at 211-01 26th Avenue in Bay Terrace on Oct. 20 at 9 p.m., police said.

Police released images of the suspect and asked anyone with any information on the incident to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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The suspect's gender was not specified by police.

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