TV 1055'S NATALIE DUDDRIGE
JOINS US LIVE FROM CROWN
HEIGHTS WITH MORE ON THIS.
NATALIE?
Reporter: WELL, HI,
JESSICA.
POLICE HAVEN'T DETERMINED IF
THESE TWO INCIDENTS ARE LINKED.
THE FIRST HAPPENED HERE ALONG
THE 600 BLOCK OF EASTERN
PARKWAY LAST SATURDAY.
A 42-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS WALKING
ALONG THE STREET HERE WHEN HE
WAS PUNCHED IN THE FACE AND
THEN AGAIN YESTERDAY ANOTHER
MAN NOT FAR FROM HERE WAS
ASSAULTED.
TONE -- TONIGHT WE SPOKE TO
THAT VICTIM AND HIS FAMILY WHO
SAY THEY ARE NOW AFRAID TO WALK
IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS
SURVEILLANCE VIDEO AS A MAN IS
SEEN RUNNING DOWN THE STREET,
THEN TACKLES ANOTHER MAN
FORCING HIM AGAINST A FENCE
CHOKING AND PUNCHING HIM.
I TURNED AROUND AND I SEE
THAT HE'S RIGHT BEHIND ME AND
HE JUMPED ME.
HE GOES, "I HATE JEWS."
THE VICTIM, AN ORTHODOX JEWISH
MAN, DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE HIS
NAME.
HE WAS WALKING HOME FROM HIS
SYNAGOGUE SATURDAY AFTERNOON
NEAR RUTLAND ROAD AND
SCHENECTADY AVENUE WHEN HE SAID
HI TO A NEIGHBOR AND HE GOT
VERY ANGRY.
I GREETED HIM HELLO AND GO
CONTINUE.
NEXT THING I KNOW HE SAYS, "I
DON'T LIKE JEWS.
WHO YOU TALKING TO?"
HE PUT ME IN A HEADLOCK AND I'M
TRYING TO MANEUVER OUT OF HIM
AND IN THE MEANTIME I'M
SCREAMING HELP, HELP, HELP.
HE SAID, "YOU DON'T NEED HELP.
I'M GOING TO KILL YOU RIGHT
HERE."
Reporter: LUCKILY IN THE
NEXT FIVE MINUTES TWO PASSER-
BYS HELPED HIM ESCAPE PULLING
THE SUSPECT OFF.
THE MAN RETRIEVES HIS HAT AND
GLASSES, BUT THE SUSPECT
CONTINUE TO STALK HIM AS THE
GOOD SAMARITANS CONTINUE TO
KEEP HIM BACK.
TWO NURSES KEEP HIM BACK.
TWO MEDICAL WERE WEARING WHITE,
A MALE AND FEMALE.
Reporter: SINCE THE ASSAULT
THE POLICE HAVE BEEN HERE
MONITORING THE NEIGHBORHOOD,
BUT THE VICTIM'S FAMILY SAID
EVEN WITH THE INCREASED
SECURITY THEY ARE SCARED TO GO
OUT ON THEIR OWN STREET.
THERE'S FEAR.
THERE'S A LOT OF FEAR.
THE THING WE KNOW IS THAT
UNFORTUNATELY THERE ARE PEOPLE
OUT THERE THAT WANT TO KILL IS
FOR ONE REASON, BECAUSE WE ARE
A JEW.
Reporter: THE VICTIM WAS
TREATED AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO GET A GOOD
DESCRIPTION OF THE SUSPECT.
HE'S THANKFUL FOR THE STRANGERS
WHO STOPPED TO HELP AND IS
HOPEFUL THEY'RE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY HIM.
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR
SUSPECTS IN BOTH INCIDENTS.
AGAIN THEY HAVE NOT DETERMINED
IF THE ATTACKS ARE CONNECTED.
