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Man Slashed While Jogging In Van Cortlandt Park
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Jen Chung
Published Mar 29, 2016
Modified Mar 29, 2016
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Police released a sketch of one of two suspects who attacked and slashed a jogger in the Bronx last week, in hopes the public can help identify him.
According to the NYPD, the incident occurred at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22nd. Officers responded to a 911 call about an assault in progress at Van Cortlandt Park and found a 29-year-old man with a two-inch laceration on the right side of his face. The victim said he was jogging on the Putnam Trail south of the Henry Hudson and east of Broadway when two males approached him.
Authorities say that the victim "felt like one of the two males punched him in the face. He then realized that he was cut." Apparently the first suspect distracted him while the second suspect slashed him. The suspects fled northbound on the trail.
The first suspect is described as being 20 to 30 years old and was last seen wearing a dark colored hooded sweater while police released a sketch of the second suspect, who is described as being 20 to 30 years old and 6'1" to 6'2", with a slim build, a small afro and last seen wearing a red hooded sweater.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confidential.
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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