The New York City Police Department is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the male depicted in the attached surveillance video and photo wanted for questioning in connection to an assault that occurred within the confines of the 45 Precinct in Bronx.

Help Identify An Assault Suspect

Details are as follows.

It was reported to police that on Tuesday, April 23, 2019 at approximately 2130 hours, inside of 1 City Island Avenue (Tony’s Pier Restaurant), a 24-year-old male victim was sitting down at the table, when an unidentified male slashed him across the face following a dispute. The male fled the location in an unknown direction. The victim was transported to Jacobi Hospital where he was treated for his injury.

The person wanted for questioning is described as a male, black in his thirties, 5’6″; last seen wearing a red baseball cap, black hooded sweatshirt with red/white stripes, black sweatpants and white sneakers.

A photo of the suspect is attached and available at DCPI.

Anyone with information related to this incident is asked to call the NYPD‘s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1800577TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 188857PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers’ website or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All tips will be kept strictly confidential.

Avatar
Jonas Bronck is the pseudonym under which we publish and manage the content and operations of The Bronx Daily.™ | Bronx.com - the largest daily news publication in the borough of "the" Bronx with over 1.5 million annual readers. Publishing under the alias Jonas Bronck is our humble way of paying tribute to the person, whose name lives on in the name of our beloved borough.