{"id":175565,"date":"2026-03-26T04:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T04:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175565\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T04:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T04:05:05","slug":"brooklyn-construction-worker-nails-victim-over-the-head-with-hammer-over-tool-fight-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175565\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn construction worker nails victim over the head with hammer over tool fight: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"448\" height=\"652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RMA-711-26-Assault-66-Pct-3-19-26-Photo.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"RMA 711-26 Assault 66 Pct 3-19-26 Photo\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Brooklyn construction worker nails victim over the head with hammer over tool fight: cops 2\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly pummeled a man with a hammer at a construction site in Brooklyn last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police are on the hunt for a suspect who allegedly pummeled a man with a hammer at a construction site in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/new-york\/brooklyn\/brooklyn-creep-sex-assault-woman-03252026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn<\/a> last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to law enforcement sources, the incident unfolded at a job site located inside a building at 1226 42nd St., in Borough Park, just after 4 p.m. on March 19, when two workers became engaged in a verbal dispute over tools.<\/p>\n<p>Police were unable to provide further details on the argument, but the situation escalated to violence when the suspect, casually known to the victim, struck him over the head with a hammer. He then fled the scene on foot to parts unknown before officers from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/bureaus\/patrol\/precincts\/66th-precinct.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">66th Precinct<\/a> arrived.<\/p>\n<p>EMS responded and brought the injured victim to Maimonides Medical Center in stable condition.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>The NYPD released a surveillance photo and video of the suspect, who remains at large. He is described as having a medium complexion and was last seen wearing a black hat, green hooded jacket, tan shirt and tan pants.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-137839722\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/RMA-711-26-Assault-66-Pct-3-19-26-Photo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"652\" title=\"Brooklyn construction worker nails victim over the head with hammer over tool fight: cops 3\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>So far there have been no arrests, but the investigation remains ongoing.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the incident can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>\u00a0or on X (formerly Twitter)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly pummeled a man with a hammer at a construction site&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":175566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[7544,98,100,99,71333,9,24,63,103,613,646],"class_list":["post-175565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-borough-park","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-construction-sites","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-pm-newsletter","tag-police-and-fire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175565","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=175565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}