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Hammer-wielding man attacks two women in Union Square: NYPD


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POSTED 11:20 PM, MAY 11, 2015, BY CHRISTOPHER BRITO AND MONICA MORALES, UPDATED AT 08:18AM, MAY 12,
2015

UNION SQUARE, N.Y. (PIX11) — A sketch was released Tuesday of a man suspected of attacking two women with a hammer in Union Square the evening before in separate, vicious assaults.
NYPD said the culprit began his rampage about 7:30 p.m. when he took out a hammer from inside a bag and hit a 28-year-old woman who was sitting a on park bench on the head in Union Square Park.
About 10 minutes later, he slammed a hammer on a 33-year-old woman from behind at 44 West 18th St., leaving her with a scalp wound, police said.
Police released a sketch of the hammer-wielding man who allegedly attacked two women in Union Square on May 11, 2015. (Photo: NYPD)

Both victims were treated and released from the hospital.
The attacker is described to be in his 30s, medium build, wearing a black waist length jackets, dark-colored baseball hat, dark jeans, black sneakers and wearing black backpack, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS.
http://pix11.com/2015/05/11/hammer-w...n-square-cops/

Robberies in Central park on the weekend, violent attacks on Monday at Union Square. Both instances need the public to help. What else are they doing with their time. It does not seem patrolling is taking up much time?

Gun Arrests Up 42 Percent On NYC Subway System In Past Year

But Transit Bureau Chief Says It's Because Cops Are Doing Good Work

April 27, 2015 11:19 PM

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — The NYPD has recorded a big spike in gun arrests in the New York City subway system over the past year – amounting to an increase of 42 percent.

CBS2’s Tony Aiello went to the NYPD transit chief Monday to find out what is behind the numbers.

An assortment of guns has been confiscated by police in the subway system this year, from .38-caliber revolvers to a semi-automatic Ruger. Police displayed 10 guns from 10 different subway riders busted just since the beginning of the year.

“It’s scary to know that somebody has jumped on the subway with guns,” said straphanger Che Pitcher.

“It’s frightening,” said Vione Stewart. “It’s frightening.”

Chief Joseph Fox is the head of the Transit Bureau – a division of 2,500 officers who try to keep the nation’s busiest subway system among the nation’s safest.

“You’re much more unsettled about a crime happening in the subway, because you feel that there’s no place to run,” Fox said.

For Fox, the 42 percent increase in gun arrests in the subway is actually a good sign.

“The numbers going up are reflective of detection and good work by the officers,” he said.

But for others, it may also signal an increased willingness by bad guys to carry guns –- emboldened, perhaps, by the dramatic reduction in the number of transit system “stop, question and frisk” encounters.

The figure dropped from almost 14,000 in 2013 to fewer than 2,000 last year.

Retired NYPD Officer Joseph Giacalone, now a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said the drop in stops and frisks sends a message to criminals.

“Literally, the word is out there, in the respect that they know that cops aren’t putting their hands on people,” Giacalone said.

“I think there’s certain cops that will never do it again.”

But Fox defended his force.

“We’ve got some of the best cops in the NYPD down there protecting our commuters,” he said.

Good cops are involved, Fox said, as well as some stupid criminals. Six of the 10 guns confiscated this year so far were discovered after officers grabbed men who jumped the turnstile, and another was spotted by a straphanger.

“A guy was sleeping on the train, and his gun was exposed, and a commuter actually notified a conductor who then got us right away,” Fox said.

So far this year, there has only been one shooting in the subway system. In the March 10 shooting captured on smartphone video first aired by CBS2, retired correction officer William Groomes, 69, shot and killed Gilbert Drogheo, 32, after a confrontation in the Borough Hall station in downtown Brooklyn.

Chief Fox took CBS2 behind the scenes at the Transit Bureau in downtown Brooklyn. In a space called “the Wheel,” a video stream from hundreds of surveillance cameras throughout the subway system can be viewed.

Fox said the technology supplements, but can never replace, the men and women who patrol underground. He believes ridership being at a 65-year high is a testament to the job they do to keep the system safe.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2015/04/...y-gun-arrests/

NYPD shoots alleged "hammer attacker" outside Penn Station

by CBSTV Videos 2:38 mins
Police in New York City have reportedly shot the suspect in recent hammer attacks in the city. WCBS reporter Marla Diamond was on the scene of the police shooting...

Hammer-Wielding Suspect Linked to Monday's Attacks Shot After Trying to Hit Officers in Midtown: Police

By Marc Santia, Jonathan Dienst and Pei-Sze Cheng

Updated 29 minutes ago

The hammer-wielding suspect believed to have attacked four strangers in separate ambushes within a span of six hours in Manhattan earlier this week was shot in midtown Wednesday after trying to hit two NYPD officers on the street, authorities and a law enforcement official familiar with the investigation tell NBC 4 New York.

The suspect, an image of whom had been captured by surveillance cameras and released by police Tuesday, was shot near West 37th Street and Eighth Avenue around 10 a.m., authorities said. Police and multiple sources initially said the man was dead, though a senior law enforcement official with knowledge of the situation later said he was taken to the hospital in extremely critical condition.

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The officers he tried to attack were not significantly injured, and the confrontation was captured on an NYPD camera, the senior law enforcement official said. The video shows the male and female officer approach the suspect near a corner; the suspect abruptly turns and swings the hammer at the female officer, the official said. She backs up and the male officer shoots the suspect in the street.

Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said at a preliminary news briefing Wednesday that the male officer fired four shots at the suspect, and the suspect was hit twice. It wasn't clear where on the body the suspect was shot, but the law enforcement official said he was undergoing surgery at Bellevue Hospital. Another briefing was scheduled for Wednesday afternoon.

A silver hammer with a black handle similar to the one described in the series of attacks Monday was recovered at the scene. Heavy traffic delays were expected in the area while authorities investigated.

Nick Cearley, who said he was on the corner of Eighth Avenue and 37th Street at the time of the shooting, said he heard gunshots and ran for cover. In an email, he called the experience "one of the scariest and terrifying mornings in NYC to date."

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Authorities had been looking for the suspect after identifying him Tuesday through facial recognition, an NYPD source said. The suspect, identified by a law enforcement official as David Baril, has previous arrests for assault, weapons possession and drug possession, the official said. He is also believed to have a history of mental illness.

The suspect attacked two women with a hammer in separate ambushes within minutes of each other near Union Square Monday, and NBC 4 New York first reported Tuesday that authorities believed he was behind two similar attacks that occurred in Manhattan earlier that day.

Stranger Who Hit 2 Women With Hammer Near Union Square Linked to 2 More Attacks: Sources

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The man who attacked two women with a hammer in separate ambushes within minutes of each other near Union Square Monday is believed to be behind two other attacks on the same day, police sources familiar with the investigation tell NBC 4 New York. Marc Santia reports. (Published Tuesday, May 12, 2015)

All four victims were attacked in Manhattan within a span of five hours, the sources said. The suspect is believed to have first attacked a 20-year-old man with a hammer near Sixth Avenue and 35th Street shortly before 2 p.m. Monday, the sources said. He refused medical attention at the scene.

About three hours later, police sources say a suspect believed to be the same man swung a hammer at the head of a 34-year-old woman in Madison Square Park, near 27th Street and Madison Avenue. The sources say authorities are trying to determine whether the head of the hammer actually hit the woman or the suspect's hand hit her as he brought down the weapon. Her condition wasn't known.

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The attacks near Union Square unfolded in a span of 10 minutes between 7:36 p.m. and 7:46 p.m. Monday and were committed by a man fitting the description of the suspect who menaced the woman on Madison Avenue earlier, the sources said.

One of those victims, a 28-year-old woman, was sitting on a bench in the park when she saw the suspect looking at her, police said. When she looked back, he took a silver hammer out of his bag and struck her, according to police.

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The other woman attacked in that short time span, who is 33, was walking on West 17th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues when the stranger approached her from behind and hit her in the back of the head with the hammer, police said.

The woman on West 17th Street was taken to a hospital with a scalp injury, authorities said.

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Both women attacked near Union Square were treated at Lenox Hill Hospital and released.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local...303600881.html

THE GUY WITH THE HAMMER WAS BLACK

SO THE BURNING AND LOOTING WILL BEGIN SOON?

http://www.alipac.us/f19/rush-judgme...safety-319447/

A silver hammer with a black handle similar to the one described in the series of attacks Monday was recovered at the scene. Heavy traffic delays were expected in the area while authorities investigated

Perhaps he was delusional and thought he was "Maxwell"