New video shows NYC hate crime suspect who punched Asian store worker

Tuesday, April 6, 2021
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- The NYPD has released new video of the suspect in a brutal attack inside a 7-Eleven store in Midtown Manhattan that is being investigated as a hate crime.

Police say the surveillance video shows the suspect who punched a store employee in the face.

It happened Saturday at the 7-Eleven store on 8th Avenue and 39th Street.

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According to police, before the suspect punched the worker, he yelled, "You Chinese (expletive)!" and then ran off.

The victim suffered bruising and a small cut to his left eye. He refused medical attention.

The assault is being investigated as a hate crime by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force.



It's the latest in a rash of attacks in New York City and across the country against people of Asian descent.

According to police, there have been at least 33 anti-Asian hate crimes in New York City already this year.

In one, last Tuesday, police say a man yelled anti-Asian slurs at a 44-year-old woman and her three children, spitting at her and kicking her cellphone off a subway train.

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