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Actor Steve Buscemi was randomly attacked as he walked the streets of New York on Wednesday, his publicist confirmed.
“Steve Buscemi was attacked in Mid-City Manhattan, one other sufferer of a random act of violence within the metropolis. He’s doing effectively and appreciates everybody’s effectively needs, though extremely unhappy for everybody that this occurred whereas he was additionally strolling the streets of New York. Buscemi’s publicist informed Fox Information Digital.
The 66-year-old star of “Fargo” and “Boardwalk Empire” was attacked simply earlier than midday in downtown Manhattan and brought to a close-by hospital with bruising, swelling and bleeding in his left eye.
His attacker reportedly fled the scene and has but to be captured the New York Publish.
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Steve Buscemi attends the New York premiere of “The Lifeless Do not Die” on the Museum of Trendy Artwork on June 10, 2019 in New York Metropolis. (Photograph by Theo Wargo/Getty Photographs)
The New York Police Division launched a press release concerning the assault on Wednesday, which didn’t identify Buscemi as a sufferer.
The NYPD launched surveillance images of the alleged attacker who was final seen carrying a baseball cap, blue T-shirt, black sweatpants and white sneakers. The images additionally confirmed the bearded man carrying a backpack.
His attacker has not but been recognized.
“I noticed that he was with a lady, and thru the nook of the window I noticed him stumble and fall backwards,” a employee within the space who witnessed a part of the assault informed The New York Publish. “He instantly bought up and ran in the wrong way. I did not see who hit him.
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The NYPD is searching for the suspect who attacked actor Steve Buscemi as he walked via Manhattan on Wednesday morning. (New York Publish)
A Brooklyn native, Buscemi is a beloved New York determine and a former New York firefighter who helped his outdated group at Floor Zero in the course of the September 11 assaults on the World Commerce Middle.
On March 31, Buscemi’s “Boardwalk Empire” co-star Michael Stuhlbarg was hit within the neck with a rock whereas strolling via Central Park in Manhattan. Stuhlbarg was capable of pursue his attacker, who was apprehended exterior the park.
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LOS ANGELES, CA – SEPTEMBER 23: Actor Steve Buscemi speaks on stage in the course of the sixty fourth Annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theater LA Stay on September 23, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Kevin Winter/Getty Photographs)
His attacker was a homeless man, later recognized as 27-year-old Xavier Israel.
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Fox Information Digital reached out to the NYPD for remark.
The Related Press contributed to this report.
