Help Identify Assailants in Last Sunday’s Pipe Attack On East 19th Street

KINGS HIGHWAY — The New York City Police Department is looking for help to identify two men, who hit another man in the head with a metal pipe last Sunday evening.

It was reported to the police that the incident took place on Sunday, August 27, 2017 around 11:30pm in front of 1728 East 19th Street, just south of Quentin Road.

Two individuals approached a 53-year-old man who was walking south on East 19th Street when he was struck in the head with a metal pipe.  The victim was transported to the New York Community Hospital where he received stitches to the back of his head.

Police describe the first individual as a man, last seen wearing a black shirt, black hooded sweatshirt with a zipper in the front and a hat,

The second individual was last seen wearing a red shirt with white writing on the front, gray shorts, black sneakers with white soles and a black book bag.

Anyone with information in regards 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 WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.