A male was caught on surveillance video brutally beating a much older and significantly smaller deli worker in New York City earlier this month — and the clip actually shows the attacker continuing to kick the victim's bloody face even after he's motionless and crumpled on the floor, apparently out cold.
You can view surveillance video of the attack at the Queens deli here. The deeply disturbing clip shows the attacker punching the victim at least 11 times — and kicking him in the face and head at least 13 times.
Police added to the New York Post that the suspect — heavily tattooed with skulls and a heart and the word 'KILLER' in all capital letters — has 25 prior arrests, mostly for robbery.
Perhaps worst of all is that after the attacker's third kick, the victim appeared motionless and unconscious; so the final 10 kicks to the victim's progressively bloody face likely happened after he was already out cold and totally defenseless.
The victim's son told WABC-TV last week that his father was in critical condition at Elmhurst Hospital with internal brain bleeding and a fractured face; the son added to the station that "there's a certain part of his bones that are detached from a very important part of his face."
The brutal assault took place June 17 around 11:20 p.m. at the shop on 64th Street and Broadway in the neighborhood of Woodside, WABC said, adding that it boiled over after the victim confronted the attacker who bumped into him.
Nearby residents told the station they recognize the suspect, who sports green hair in the video.
"Once you mentioned the green hair I knew I saw him because everybody looks at him. Everybody crosses the street when they see him. He's weird. He's definitely weird," one resident noted to WABC.
Another resident added to the station that the suspect frequently talks to himself and comes out at night.
The victim's son told WABC his dad is a "genuinely nice guy."
"He's kind of old fashioned where he talks to random strangers," he told the station of his father. "I know it sounds cliche, but he is the type of person to help out like a random person."
Police on Wednesday arrested a suspect after a standoff with police, authorities told amNY.
The outlet, citing police, reported that 29-year-old Osvel Diaz of Forest Hills attempted to shave his green hair to give law enforcement the slip.
According to amNY, the victim in the attack is 62 years old — and the outlet noted that it all went down at the Sunnyside Mini Market. The outlet said the victim's condition — initially critical — has improved slightly.
Detectives and the NYPD Warrant Squad tracked down Diaz at his home on 62nd Drive, amNY said, adding that he allegedly put up a fight.
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Sources familiar with the investigation said that Diaz briefly barricaded himself inside the home along with a three-week-old baby. Following a brief standoff, however, police were able to take him into custody and rescue the tot, who was not injured.
Detectives escorted a handcuffed Diaz out of the 108th Precinct in Long Island City on Thursday morning. He refused to answer questions hurled at him by journalists before being loaded into a waiting police car en route to Queens Criminal Court for his arraignment.
Diaz is charged with attempted murder, assault, and endangering the welfare of a child, amNY reported.
Police added to the New York Post that the suspect — heavily tattooed with skulls and a heart and the word “KILLER” in all capital letters — has 25 prior arrests, mostly for robbery.
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Diaz’s most recent bust before this one was for a broad-daylight assault of a UPS driver on Sept. 1, 2023 in Astoria, according to a complaint filed in Queens Criminal Court.
He is accused of throwing a metal canister at the driver’s side window of the truck — shattering it — before getting out and bashing the motorist in the head with the container, according to the court doc.
Diaz pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was granted a conditional discharge in that case, according to the Queens DA’s Office.
He was required to complete six days of an anger management course as part of the plea agreement, prosecutors said.
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New York City police are on the hunt for a female accused of kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach and striking her in the head multiple times with a cell phone following a Wednesday morning subway ride in Queens.
Cops said the victim — a 25-year-old woman — was riding a southbound 7 train approaching the 74th Street-Broadway station in Jackson Heights around 9 a.m. when the female suspect bumped into her, WNYW-TV reported.
When the suspect and victim got off the train, they began to argue, and the suspect allegedly struck the victim multiple times in the head with her cell phone before kicking the victim in the stomach, the station said.
The suspect fled the scene on foot, WNYW said.
Police said the victim suffered swelling and bruising to the face and stomach pain and was taken to a hospital with minor injuries, the station said.
The victim and her baby are expected to be OK, police added to WPIX-TV.
Police released a photo of the accused attacker, Patch noted:
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Police said those with information regarding this incident can call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), WNYW reported, adding that tips can be submitted on the Crime Stoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips. The station said all calls are strictly confidential.
As you might guess, observers are hoping the attacker is found and prosecuted. Here's what some of them had to say in comments underneath the WNYW story published by Yahoo News:
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One person was killed and three more were injured Saturday when a man riding a scooter randomly fired at pedestrians in Queens and Brooklyn, New York City Police Department authorities said in a press conference.
"At this time, we don't know the motive. It seems that his acts were random. If you look at the demographics and pedigree of the victims, they're all different," NYPD Assistant Chief Joseph Kenny said in a press conference.
"Video shows that he's not targeting anybody - he's not following anybody as he's driving on his scooter, he's randomly shooting people."
The first incident occurred in Brooklyn at about 11:10 am at the northwest corner of Ashford Street and Arlington Avenue when a 21-year-old Hispanic man was shot once the left shoulder, Kenny said. The victim was transported to the hospital and is expected to survive.
Video showed the victim was approached from behind by a Hispanic man on a scooter, police said. The shooter raised his hand one time and fired one time, striking the victim.
Just 17 minutes later, a second incident occurred in Queens on Jamaica Avenue during which an 87-year-old Asian or Pacific Islander male victim was shot in the back. Witnesses told police the shooter was on a scooter and was firing at a nail salon. The victim was transported to the hospital but did not survive his injuries.
No one was struck during the third incident during which a shot was fired, Kenny said, adding that numerous witnesses again described a male on a scooter randomly firing at a group of people standing on a corner of 108th Street and Jamaica Avenue.
The scooter-riding perpetrator then proceeded northbound toward Hillside Avenue, police said. At approximately 11:35 a.m., a 44-year-old Hispanic male was shot once in the face in the fourth incident. This victim was also transported to the hospital and is in critical condition, police said.
Less than a minute later, the fifth and final incident occurred. The victim in the final incident was a 63-year-old Hispanic male who sustained a single gunshot wound to his right shoulder. He is in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center.
Authorities apprehended the shooter at 1:10 p.m. on the corner of Sutphin Boulevard and 94th Avenue in Queens, roughly two hours after the initial incident in Brooklyn.
Assistant Chief Kenny said the perpetrator, a 25-year-old Hispanic male, had one prior arrest in New York City.
Authorities did not immediately release victims' names as notifications were still being made to family members.
"Our hearts go out to all the families affected by the senseless violence," said NYPD acting Police Commissioner Edward Caban.
Caban said the shooter was riding a "illegal scooter" without a license plate as he moved from one location to the next.
Investigators quickly pulled video of the shooter and sent an image of the shooter to all NYPD officers' cell phones using a "critical message," Caban said.
Armed with an image of the suspected shooter, officers fanned out across Queens, focusing on the main thoroughfares. Officers from the 103rd and 113th precincts spotted the shooter on his scooter shortly after 1 p.m. and took him into custody.
NYPD shared photos of the scooter the man was driving as well as a firearm recovered at the scene.
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A 9 mm pistol with an extended magazine was recovered from inside the scooter.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing, Assistant Chief Kenny said at the press conference.
Watch coverage from WNYW below of a man on a scooter who shot multiple people in multiple New York City boroughs Saturday, leaving one elderly man dead.
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The 65-year-old man who blew away a would-be mugger Wednesday in Queens escaped with his life and property, but may now stand to lose his freedom.
Extra to the weapons charges, the New York Daily News indicated authorities are now looking into whether Foehner should similarly be hit with murder charges.
Outside a parking garage in Kew Gardens, the 65-year-old was allegedly confronted by 32-year-old Cody Gonzalez, born Cody Baum.
Sources told WPIX that Gonzalez had tried breaking into various buildings, smashed several windows and doors, and busted an intercom system. Gonzalez also had an extensive criminal record, with arrests for robbery, burglary and other charges.
In the darkness, Foehner reportedly mistook a pen in the suspect's hand for a knife, but was otherwise certain of his intent. Foehner told police that Gonzalez aggressively demanded money and cigarettes.
In surveillance video of the encounter obtained by WPIX, Gonzalez can be seen aggressively stalking Foehner, initially confronting his would-be victim at a distance of 40 feet. Foehner waves off his would-be mugger to no avail. Gonzalez advances another 20 feet closer, at which point Foehner reportedly draws his silver revolver.
Despite Foehner's previous cautions and the gleaming threat of ballistic self-defense, Gonzalez allegedly lunged forward. According to WABC-TV, Foehner opened fire with just eight feet between them, plugging the 32-year-old as many as five times.
Following the shooting, Foehner called 911, detailed what happened and noted that he had a gun in his possession. He then waited and turned himself into the responding officers.
"This is a complicated case and we're going to review the evidence," said Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz.
For Foehner's neighbors, it's not that complicated.
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Migrant women with babies strapped to their backs are selling fruit along dangerous roads and highways in New York City, largely ignored by authorities, the New York Post exclusively reported Saturday.
"These children are constantly exposed to toxic fumes and the possibility of a catastrophic accident that could kill or maim them and their families," Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens) wrote in a letter to Mayor Adams, imploring him to have the NYPD intervene, the outlet also reported.
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell reportedly told Holden their goal is to educate migrants and gain voluntary compliance rather than arrest them.
"We don't want to be on the street. What we want in this country is a real job," a 25- year-old woman called Veronica told the Post.
Veronica reportedly illegally migrated to the the United States three months ago from Ecuador. She now is selling fruit cups at a deadly intersection in Queens, her 3-year-old daughter strapped to her back.
Veronica met 20-year-old fellow mother Maria, also from Ecuador, while the two were engaged in the dangerous endeavor. Maria's child, who she also straps to her back while selling, is just a year old. Veronica lives in Brooklyn; Maria lives in Jamaica, Queens.
Sales involve weaving through idling cars temporarily stopped at red lights.
Another woman interviewed by the Post, 39-year-old Llosa, earns money the same way, and acknowledges the dangers involved. Llosa brings along her 12-year-old son. The mother-son duo arrived illegally just one month ago. They are also from Ecuador. They sell at another location in Queens along a ramp by the Van Wyck Expressway.
"It scares me for him and for me. But I need to do it to occupy my mind and earn money. Who is going to make money for us to have food if not me," Llosa told the Post.
The sellers buy the fruit and drinks at local markets and flip it for profits. Llosa estimates she makes about $70 a day in profits.
Meanwhile, neighboring counties are taking legal action to stop New York City's Mayor Eric Adams from bussing migrants into their communities, as CBS News reported Sunday.
Molly Schaeffer, Mayor Adams' director of asylum seekers operations, told lawmakers in a private briefing Thursday that more than 900 migrants had arrived on Monday alone, the New York Daily News reported. More than 4,300 migrants had arrived the week before.
Orange County and Rockland County declared states of emergency in advance of Title 42's end when Mayor Adams announced his intention to bus incoming migrants to the suburbs, as TheBlaze reported.
Suffolk County's legislature is announcing its plans to stop Adams from sending migrants to their communities at a news conference slated for Sunday at 11 a.m.
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