NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- The NYPD is looking to identify three men wanted for spewing Anti-Asian remarks at a man then punching and beating him with wooden sticks in Midtown late last month, officials said.
According to police, at around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, October 23, a 30-year-old man was approached by a group of approximately five individuals in front of 303 Fifth Avenue.
Three of them made anti-Asian remarks to the victim and struck him with closed fists and wooden sticks, the NYPD said.
EMS took the victim to NYC Health and Hospitals/Bellevue in stable condition for a head injury.
The investigation remains ongoing by NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).