Shirtless Man Kills On Brighton Beach Boardwalk, Cops Say

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — Cops are looking for the shirtless man who fatally punched another man in the head on a Brighton Beach boardwalk, police said Thursday.

The unidentified man attacked Dimitry Goldfarb, 52, on the Riegelmann Boardwalk near Brighton Sixth Street on July 9 at about 5:45 p.m., said police.

Video surveillance shows the man escaping down Brighton Sixth Street with an unidentified woman and, later, walking with a red chair, according to police.

Emergency responders rushed Goldfarb to Lutheran Hospital, and later to Bellevue, but doctors could not save his life, police said.

Police describe the suspect as a man in his 30s standing about 6 feet tall and wearing gray shorts and black sneakers.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.