NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police are searching for a man who allegedly spat in another man's face while hurling anti-Asian remarks on a sidewalk in Chelsea.
The 30-year-old victim was standing in front of a building on West 29th Street, between Sixth and Seventh avenues, around 12:40 p.m. on June 14 when the man approached him, spit in his face and made anti-Asian statements, the NYPD said Tuesday.
The suspect police are searching for.NYPD
The man fled the scene after spitting on the victim, police said.
He appeared to be in his 30s and was last seen carrying a dark blue and yellow backpack and wearing a blue T-shirt, a long-sleeved grey shirt, black pants, blue and white sneakers and a blue du-rag, according to police.
Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
