Suspect Arrested in Friday Night Flatbush Assault
A teen suspected of assaulting one Jew and threatening another in Flatbush last Friday night has been arrested and charged with a hate crime, the NYPD said.
In one incident, on Avenue L between New York Ave and East 32nd Street, a teen got out of a minivan and punched a Jewish man, while the minivan driver filmed the incident. In the second incident, minutes later, a 14-year-old Jewish boy was walking near the gas station at Kings Highway and Nostrand Avenue, where a teen began began yelling and chasing him, while filming the incident himself.
On Thursday morning, police arrested a 17-year-old male, suspected of being the one who punched the first victim and chased the second.
He has been charged with felony assault as a hate crime.
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