Man Injured In Random Attack On Brooklyn Street, Police Say

BROOKLYN, NY — In broad daylight last week, a man was injured in what police are calling a random, unprovoked attack outside a residential building in Brooklyn.

Just after noon on Oct. 7, a 65-year-old man was walking out of a residential building near Prospect Place and Thomas S. Boyland Street in Crown Heights when a stranger came up to him without warning, police said.

The stranger then started a verbal dispute with the man, though the reason for the confrontation remains unclear. Moments later, the attacker pulled out an unknown object and struck the victim’s hand, causing pain and swelling, police said.

First responders arrived quickly, but the victim declined medical treatment for his injuries, officials said.

The attacker — described as a young man wearing a blue vest, beige T-shirt, blue shorts, and black-and-white sandals — fled on foot westbound on Prospect Place, police said. His whereabouts remain unknown, police said.

Anyone with information in regard 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).