The NYPD released more security camera footage of other suspects sought for beating and stabbing a migrant teenager in Times Square, as additional details about the beating continue to emerge in court.
At least half a dozen people were arrested in last week’s altercation on 42nd Street, near Eighth Avenue, when an unidentified 17-year-old boy was stabbed in the back, causing a punctured lung and collapse. pulmonary.
Authorities are still searching for a dozen more people linked to the dispute.
The confrontation took place near the Candler building, a tower of empty offices that was converted into a shelter for asylum seekers.
So far, the New York Police Department (NYPD) arrested Michael Colomé, 22, and five teenagers for their connection to Thursday’s attack.
Colomé faces charges of group assault and possession of a knife. He was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court last Saturday and is being held on Rickers Island on $100,000 bail.
He was arrested along with three 16-year-olds and two 14-year-olds, who are accused of the same charges.
Likewise, prosecutors described the incident as a 23-on-one assault, referring to the 17-year-old minor, who was part of an ongoing violent fight between two rival groups.
One of the teens pulled out a knife and chased a dozen people down Eighth Avenue, witnesses testified. Officers patrolling the area on foot observed the riot and pursued the person wielding the knife, Daily News reported.
Both Colomé and others covered their faces with masks and charged at the young man of Nicaraguan origin when they had the opportunity, according to prosecutors. The criminals chased the young man twice and he was stabbed in the first of those confrontations.
Likewise, Colomé had a broomstick in the second confrontation, hitting it so hard that the stick broke in half, prosecutors said. In addition to that, he hit the minor over and over again during the disturbance, the complaint says.
The migrant was beaten and kicked before being stabbed in the back by the attackers. He was taken to Bellevue Hospital. The thugs escaped towards the Times Square subway station.
The young victim suffered a punctured and collapsed lung, prosecutors said.
Colomé, who had no criminal history, arrived in the United States approximately three years ago, prosecutors said.
Police beaten by migrants
The Times Square migrant shelter became the backdrop for the controversial videotaped attack on officers, drawing national media coverage in January.
The event, together with the images of one of the asylum seekers turning off the news cameras outside the court, set off a political storm.
For his part, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was harshly criticized after prosecutors did not request bail for the suspects originally charged with the assault.
Since that time, seven of the 11 migrants suspected of being related to the beating have been charged with a series of charges that would carry a significant prison sentence.
NYPD released security camera images of the suspects who were still at large and asked for help from the general public in identifying and locating them.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential
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