Baseball Bat Attack on Staten Island

MYFOXNY.COM - The NYPD is looking for three white men who they say beat a Hispanic man with baseball bats after an argument on Staten Island back on June 17, authorities said.

Detectives from the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force are investigating it as a possible bias crime because they say one suspect hurled anti-ethnic remarks at the Hispanic man during the argument at a store on Richmond Avenue and Victory Boulevard.

After the dispute, the Hispanic man and the suspect left the store. But moments later and a about a block away, the suspect and two other men pulled up in a car and got out with baseball bats, police said. They then attacked the Hispanic man, who suffered serious head injuries.

Police released a photo of the main suspect, taken from security-camera video from inside the store

Anyone with information can call the NYPD Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (8477). You can also text tips to 274637 (CRIMES), enter TIP577, and submit information online at:

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