The New York City Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating the two unidentified men seen in the attached photos who are sought in connection with an assault that occurred in Bedford Park, in the 52nd Precinct.

 

It was reported to police that on Monday, July 12, at approximately 9.41 a.m., at the corner of Valentine Avenue and East 204th Street in Bedford Park, a 61-year-old man got into a verbal dispute with the two suspects. The dispute escalated into a physical altercation, and the two suspects began to assault the victim, slashing him about the body using an unknown object.

 

The suspects then fled the location in a black Honda Civic traveling westbound on East 204th Street. The victim sustained slash wounds to the back of his head and torso. He was transported via EMS in stable condition to NYC Health & Hospitals/Jacobi for treatment and was later released.

 

As reported, in the aftermath of a recent shooting incident that occurred in Belmont on Sunday, July 11, in which a 13-year-old boy was shot and died, Citizen users reported that police had also been looking for a Black Honda, though this information was not provided in the official police report, and the NYPD have not indicated that there is any link between the shooting incident on Sunday in Belmont and this slashing incident in Bedford Park.

 

As also reported, police have also called on the public to help identify the suspects involved in a separate slashing assault which occurred on Sunday in Fordham Manor, in which a victim was slashed with a machete.