Police: 2 suspects slapped people while riding by on Citi Bike in Brooklyn

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WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police are searching for two suspects on a Citi Bike who went around slapping people in Brooklyn while they rode by.



The incidents happened on Wallabout Street in Williamsburg on Thursday.



Authorities say the suspects slapped a 43-year-old man in the back of his head while he was walking them down the block. The duo then slapped a 24-year-old woman



Both victims were wearing traditional Jewish attire.





Neither victim was physically injured.



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The boy was found unresponsive in the water just hours after he went missing. Janice Yu reports.


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