NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- The NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force is searching for two suspects on a scooter after a yarmulke was knocked off the head of a Jewish man in Brooklyn this week.
Images released Friday show the pair, believed to be in their late teens or early 20s, around the time of the run-in Wednesday evening in Borough Park.
The suspects were last seen headed westbound on 18th Avenue toward 46th Street.NYPD
The 49-year-old victim was wearing traditional Jewish attire and standing outside Landau's Kosher Supermarket at 46th Street and 18th Avenue when the two males targeted him, police said.
They rode up at 7:20 p.m. and the passenger got off the scooter, approached the victim as he was looking at his phone and made an "unknown statement," according to police.
He then knocked the victim's yarmulke off his head before hopping back on the scooter and fleeing, police said.
The suspects were last seen headed westbound on 18th Avenue toward 46th Street.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.
