Five gang members beat a 60-year-old Good Samaritan after he tried to intervene in a fight, leaving him with two broken eye sockets in Midtown on July 17, police said.
The suspects punched and kicked the older adult throughout his body before fleeing the scene near West 46th Street and Seventh Avenue at around 6 a.m.
The victim was taken to Atlantic Health CentraState Medical Center in stable condition.
The New York Police Department has released photos of the five young assailants and is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying them.
Anyone with information regarding 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 tips by visiting the Crime Stoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.
