The New York Metropolis Police Division have recognized the person they imagine randomly punched actor Steve Buscemi within the streets of Manhattan.
Shortly after information of Buscemi’s assault was made public, the NYPD launched surveillance pictures of their suspect, displaying a middle-aged man carrying a blue T-shirt and black jogging pants.
In a press release to World Information, the NYPD’s public info fee recognized the person within the images as 50-year-old Clifton Williams.
Surveillance pictures of a person believed to have punched Steve Buscemi on the streets of New York on Could 8, 2024.
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The NYPD haven’t been in a position to find Williams and the seek for him in ongoing. No arrests have been made.
His publicist confirmed the assault on Sunday and introduced that the Boardwalk Empire actor “is OK.”
“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-City Manhattan, one other sufferer of a random act of violence within the metropolis,” the publicist mentioned. “He’s OK and appreciates everybody’s properly needs, although extremely unhappy for everybody that this has occurred to whereas additionally strolling the streets of NY.”
NBC New York reported that the Buscemi was in Kips Bay round Third Avenue and East twenty eighth Avenue when he was approached by a stranger. Buscemi was leaning up towards a wall, texting on his cellphone, when the stranger got here as much as him and slugged him throughout the face.
Medics responded to the scene of the assault and took Buscemi to close by Bellevue Hospital.
Buscemi’s Boardwalk Empire co-star Michael Stuhlbarg was additionally lately attacked in New York Metropolis.
Stuhlbarg was hit at the back of the neck with a rock whereas strolling in Manhattan’s Central Park on March 31. The actor chased his attacker, who was taken into custody exterior the park.
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