Migrants in New York City allegedly beat two men who attempted to stop them from throwing items at people walking on the sidewalk. The shelter is a shuttered hail in Harlem.
The police and witnesses said the men allegedly pushed one man through a glass door:
The violence began just before 9:45 a.m. in Harlem, when cops received word that pedestrians were being attacked by several individuals who were throwing objects at them, the NYPD said.Law enforcement sources and witnesses said the suspects were migrants staying at a former jail that has been converted into a shelter for asylum seekers on Central Park North, near where the incident took place.A 35-year-old man who came out of his apartment to confront the group was kicked and punched by the attackers, police said.He was then pushed through a glass door, police sources and witnesses added.
The cops arrested one person. They’re currently looking for two other suspects.
They escaped on scooters.
More from The New York Post:
A security guard who works at the former Lincoln Correctional Facility at 31 Central Park North said he saw the fight between migrants and what police called a “concerned citizen.”The guard, who declined to give his name because of his job, said he saw the man being chased by several male migrants down the block until he was backed into the glass door of a six-story apartment building.“He went to I guess find safety,” the security worker told The Post. “Instead they pushed him into the glass and pulled him out as he was trying to get away.”
The cops said the man had a “serious laceration.”
A maintenance worker, who called himself “Thunder,” cleaned the glass of a rug at the building.
He told The New York Post, “he was frustrated by the unrest coming from the shelter.”
He stated, “Everything was good until that asylum building came.”
A building manager in the area said, “the shelter lacks proper security”:
“They don’t control the tenants,” he said, adding, “There is nobody to complain to.“They put garbage in our property and we get a fine and we go over there. There is nobody directing. They all say ‘call the mayor,’” the manager added.
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