JAMAICA, Queens (PIX11) — The NYPD is searching for two individuals after a 13-year-old boy was brutally attacked in Jamaica, Queens, on Thursday, April 16.
The incident happened around 3:30 p.m. near 153rd Street and 89th Avenue.
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Police say one of the suspects punched and kicked the victim, while the other hit him with a metal pole. The suspects then took the victim’s backpack and sneakers and ran away.
EMS transported the victim to a local hospital in critical but stable condition.
The NYPD released the following photos of the suspects.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.
Submit tips to police by calling Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), visiting crimestoppers.nypdonline.org, downloading the NYPD Crime Stoppers mobile app, or texting 274637 (CRIMES) then entering TIP577. Spanish-speaking callers are asked to dial 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
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