SOHO, Manhattan (PIX11) – A bare-chested man bashed a man in the head with a glass bottle multiple times in SoHo on Sunday, police said.
The attack happened around 3:15 a.m. near Lafayette and Prince streets, according to the NYPD. The suspect approached the 42-year-old victim, hit him in the head with a glass bottle multiple times and then ran off, police said.
The victim was out with friends at a club before he was attacked. They were having fun and dancing, he said. The man’s good night ended as he waited for an Uber home outside.
“The person that attacked me, I didn’t see him. He was attacking from the back,” the victim said.
At one point, be blacked out and fell on the sidewalk, the victim said. Several others came over to help and called 911. The victim was taken to a hospital in what police described as stable condition. He got 13 stitches for a laceration on his head.
The suspect was last seen heading west on Prince Street, police said. The NYPD released photos and a video of the suspect early Monday morning.
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