Police: Sanitation Worker Shot In Midtown, Suspects At Large
There was a brazen daylight shooting on the streets of Midtown on Thursday.
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There was a brazen daylight shooting on the streets of Midtown on Thursday.
Police say a 26-year-old man was walking on West 37th Street near 10th Avenue when someone hit him in the back of the head with a blunt object.
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He allegedly knocked him to the ground and punched and kicked him in the face before ripping the victim's wallet out of his pants pocket and running away.
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Police said the suspect walked up behind the 23-year-old woman, put his hand over her mouth, shoved her to the ground and tried to grope her.
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