Four homeless men were killed — along with also a fifth seriously hurt — around Manhattan’s Chinatown area when somebody struck their heads with alloy, seemingly while they were sleeping, New York City authorities stated Saturday.
A suspect — a 24-year-elderly guy who investigators think too is homeless — is in custody, New York authorities Detective Annette Shelton said.Officers discovered the victims ancient Saturday in three places in or near Chinatown after a person called 911 to report among those assaults shortly before 2 a.m.
NYPD Assistant Chief Stephen Hughes said.Investigators discovered a metallic thing — maybe a pipe — which they think was used in the strikes, NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Baldassano said.
Police were Assessing the crime scenes Saturday morning and were not immediately able to describe why the strikes occurred.”The motive appears to be right now just … random attacks,” Baldassano stated Saturday dawn in a news conference.