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NEW YORK (77WABC) — The NYPD is asking for the public’s help looking for a woman who pepper-sprayed four other women in broad daylight in an apparent anti-Asian attack.
Here’s the video. Victims speak exclusively tonight at 11pm on @ABC7NY #StopAsianHate cc @SoniaRincon 2/2 https://t.co/B7EUGcVNDE pic.twitter.com/N9EcJ6yrse
— CeFaan Kim (@CeFaanKim) June 13, 2022
Police say on June 11 around 6:00 p.m. at the intersection of 14th Street and 9th Avenue, the woman maced the four female victims during an argument and allegedly made Anti-Asian statements.
Authorities say the attacker is described as approximately in her 50’s, 5’3″ tall, 120lbs; and last seen wearing a multi-colored orange dress, a pink scarf around her shoulders and sunglasses. NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.
Cops said the victims refused medical attention at the scene.
Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website or on Twitter @NYPDTips.
