Crime & Safety
Woman, Man Beaten In Anti-Asian Attack In Jackson Heights: NYPD
The Hate Crimes Task Force is looking for the trio who hurled slurs, water and fists at a 44-year-old woman and 24-year-old man, cops said.
QUEENS — NYPD hate crime investigators are searching for the trio who hurled anti-Asian slurs, water and their fists at a woman and man in Jackson Heights, police said.
The woman, 44, and man, 24, were attacked near the corner of Junction Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue on March 2 about 2:30 p.m., when a woman in a white Acura SUV began shouting slurs, authorities said.
The woman in the SUV threw water at the 44-year-old, then jumped out of the car with two men who began punching and kicking the pair in the head, police said.
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The trio then jumped back in the SUV and fled, said police.
The injured pair were treated for injuries to the head at a nearby hospital, authorities said. The NYPD released images of the attackers on Saturday.
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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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
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