As reported by Mary Frost in the Eagle, police are searching for a man who used a knife to repeatedly slash on the right hand a 22 year old man, who at the time was sitting on a bench at the north end of the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, last Tuesday, August 1. According to the Eagle story, the police had reports that the attacker “may have made anti-gay statements to the victim prior to the assault”; consequently, the incident is being considered a possible hate crime. As of Tuesday, the victim was in stable condition at NYU Langone in Cobble Hill.
Promenade Slasher at Large
By Claude Scales on August 5, 2023 1:30 pm in 11201, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn Heights Promenade, Crime, LGBTQ issues.
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