Man Beaten With Baseball Bat In Flatbush, Police Say

FLATBUSH, BROOKLYN — A man was badly beaten with a baseball bat in East Flatbush last week, police said.

The 22-year-old victim got into an argument with another man on East 48th Street near Avenue D on Friday, September 8 around 5:50 p.m., police said.

The man bashed the victim "several times" with the baseball bat before fleeing the scene north on East 48th Street in a grey Honda Accord, according to police.

The victim has been hospitalized at Brookdale Hospital in critical but stable condition, according to police.

The assailant has been described as a black male in his 40s who stands 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 170 pounds, driving the grey Accord.

Here's how you can report any information to police:

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

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