Authorities in New York had been looking out Tuesday for a person accused of spraying two individuals with a fire extinguisher in what town’s police division described as a possible “hate crime assault pattern.”
The man, who has not been recognized, used the extinguisher in two separate incidents in Brooklyn round 6 a.m. Sunday, the New York Police Department mentioned in a press release.
The alleged assaults had been reported in the Williamsburg neighborhood.
In a safety video launched by New York police, a person seems to run throughout a avenue and spray a person strolling on a sidewalk. The sufferer continues strolling and the person seems to observe and spray him once more.
The first incident concerned a 72-year-old man who informed authorities {that a} group approached him and an individual sprayed him, the assertion mentioned.
No one mentioned something earlier than the incident and the group fled, police mentioned
No accidents had been reported, the division mentioned.
A half-mile away, a 66-year-old man supplied an identical account, the division mentioned: A gaggle approached him, and one particular person sprayed him with the extinguisher after which punched him.
The group then fled, the division mentioned, including that the sufferer refused medical consideration.
Authorities didn’t present further particulars concerning the nature of the possible hate crimes and mentioned its hate crimes process drive was investigating the incidents.