Machete-Wielding Man Slashes Victim At Union Square: NYPD

GRAMERCY, NY — Police are searching for a brute who slashed a man in the head with a machete at Union Square and then ran off, authorities said.

A 911 call of a man chopping a person in Union Square came through at roughly 11:30 a.m. Emergency responders rushed to the scene and treated the victim, who had sustained non-life-threatening injuries, before transporting him to Bellevue Hospital, a police spokeswoman said.

Officers are searching for a 5-foot-10 man who fled the scene in a black shirt and multicolored shorts, he bolted east on 13th Street, police said.

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).

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