NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – An Asian man was attacked with a stick in Brooklyn's Prospect Park over the weekend in a midday assault that's being investigated as a hate crime, police said Wednesday.
The NYPD's Hate Crime Task Force released surveillance images of the suspect they're searching for in Saturday afternoon's attack.
The 46-year-old victim was in the park at 12:20 p.m. when a man hurled anti-Asian insults at him and beat his body with a stick.
The attacker made anti-Asian remarks to the victim, police said.NYPD
The attacker was last seen fleeing the park on foot.
The victim was treated at the scene by EMS.
The suspect fled the park, according to the NYPD.NYPD
