Good Samaritan bashed in head with baseball bat trying to break up NYC brawl: sources
The concerned 31-year-old victim intervened when he spotted two men fighting around 1 a.m. Friday on East 175th Street near Walton Avenue in Morris Heights, authorities and sources said.
But the violence quickly turned towards him, with one of the men pulling out a baseball bat and whacking the do-gooder multiple times, police said.
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A Bronx brute bashed a good Samaritan with a baseball bat when the do-gooder intervened in a fight, cops and sources said.
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The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition with severe fractures to his face and head.
The bat-wielding man fled the scene and has not been caught, authorities said.
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The NYPD released photos and videos of the attacker inside a barbershop about two blocks away, on Jerome Avenue near East 175th Street.
The attack left the victim with multiple fractures, and he is listed in critical but stable condition.
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He was last seen carrying a black backpack, and wearing a gray shirt, tan pants, a black baseball cap and black sneakers.
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Anyone with information on the assault 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 Crimestoppers website or on X @NYPDTips.
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