Crime & Safety
Two Men Arrested Following Lower East Side Assault Caught On Camera: Police
Two men from Queens has been arrested in connection with a two-on-one assault on the Lower East Side, police said.
LOWER EAST SIDE, NY — Police have arrested two men who they say were involved in a brutal two-on-one assault here on Friday.
The attack was recorded by a surveillance camera, and shows two men punching and stomping an a third man as he lays on the sidewalk.
WANTED: 2 males for assaulting a 24-yr-old man in front of 156 Orchard St., Manhattan. Call #800577TIPS with info. @NYPD7Pct pic.twitter.com/Ycw8oO3Msu
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) March 11, 2017
Nawang Choying was arrested and charged with gang assault in connection with the incident, police said Wednesday evening. Shachin Gauchan, 23, was arrested about 24 hours later and charged with assault, according to authorities.
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Choying and Gauchan allegedly chased a man up Orchard Street toward Stanton Street. When Choying and Gauchan caught up with the man, they "began to punch and kick him multiple times about the head, face and body," police claimed.
The man who was beaten, a 24-year-old, was transported to a nearby hospital in serious condition.
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This post and this headline have been updated with new information following the NYPD's arrest of Gauchan.
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