{"id":135119,"date":"2026-02-16T14:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135119\/"},"modified":"2026-02-16T14:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T14:03:08","slug":"cops-seek-manhattan-brute-who-assaulted-senior-during-street-argument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/135119\/","title":{"rendered":"Cops seek Manhattan brute who assaulted senior during street argument"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/manhattan-assault-suspect-nypd-google.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"Suspect in Manhattan assault at intersection where it occurred\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Cops seek Manhattan brute who assaulted senior during street argument 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Detectives in Manhattan are looking for the brute who violently beat up a senior during a dispute over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Photo via Google Maps\/Inset courtesy of NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Detectives in <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/manhattan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Manhattan<\/a> are looking for the brute who violently beat up a senior during a dispute over the weekend.\n<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released images Sunday night of the suspect behind the incident that occurred near the corner of East 22nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Gramercy just before 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 13.\n<\/p>\n<p>Police reported that the perpetrator became embroiled in a street beef with the victim, a 70-year-old man, for reasons that were not immediately disclosed.\n<\/p>\n<p>The argument turned violent, cops said, when the suspect went on the attack \u2014 punching the man in the face, briefly putting him in a headlock and then throwing him to the ground.\n<\/p>\n<p>Following the assault, the attacker got on a bicycle and pedaled away eastbound along East 22nd Street, authorities said.\n<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported to the 13th Precinct. Police said the victim suffered bruising and pain to his left eye.\n<\/p>\n<p>Cops say the suspect is believed to be a man with a medium build and a dark complexion who was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, a black mask, dark-colored pants, and beige sneakers.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding his whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org,\" rel=\"nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org,<\/a> or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Detectives in Manhattan are looking for the brute who violently beat up a senior during a dispute over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[52099,57408,784,57409,48910,57410,35427,75,4126,84,83,9,24,63,791,793,308,57411,57412,47621,57413],"class_list":{"0":"post-135119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manhattan","8":"tag-13th-precinct","9":"tag-bicycle-getaway","10":"tag-crime-stoppers","11":"tag-east-22nd-street","12":"tag-elderly-victim","13":"tag-gramercy-attack","14":"tag-lexington-avenue","15":"tag-manhattan","16":"tag-manhattan-crime","17":"tag-manhattan-headlines","18":"tag-manhattan-news","19":"tag-new-york","20":"tag-new-york-city","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-nypd-investigation","23":"tag-police-search","24":"tag-public-safety","25":"tag-senior-assault","26":"tag-street-assault","27":"tag-suspect-sought","28":"tag-violent-dispute"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}