Feb 19, 2008 6:35 pm US/Pacific
Video Captures Brutal 1-Punch KO In NYC
Dispute Over Aisle Space In Deli Ends With Sad Cheap Shot
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
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Surveillance cameras captured this stunning image of a man getting punched out by another man following aan apparent dispute over aisle space in a Lower East Side deli.
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A shocking scene was recently caught on video, a tape police hope will lead to a quick arrest.
The unbelievable images show a guy just trying to pay up at a corner deli when out of nowhere he was laid out with a haymaker that conjures memories of a young Mike Tyson.
CBS station WCBS-TV in New York City was in lower Manhattan Tuesday night to try to get to the bottom of what caused the nightmare scenario.
The customer's worst nightmare unfolded innocently enough as he was standing at the counter paying for some items just after midnight on Jan. 6. The white man dressed in a white coat then gets walloped by a black man in a dark vest and grey hoody, but thanks to the deli's security cameras police have a pretty clear picture of the assailant because the entire sordid affair was caught on camera.
The victim may have known he was in danger but had no idea the punch was coming. He appears to be jawing with a group of men who circle him by the counter. The pain came shortly after as the assailant launches a fierce haymaker that knocks the victim clear out of the camera's view.
The victim took the brunt of the blow to the head and neck and went sprawling to the floor. The assailant leaves but some in his posse go over to the prone victim and take his money.
It turns out the entire episode started over a beef over aisle space.
"And when he pays the money, one of them hit in from the back, in the neck," deli employee Al Kass said.
A customer told WCBS-TV on Tuesday night he was stunned to hear about the incident, but said it's something that happens in the big city.
"It's a shame things like this happen, but they do," Dana Clarke said. "So I'm not terribly surprised."
The aisle where the original dispute started is very narrow, maybe room for one person.
The victim was taken to a nearby hospital, treated and released. In the meantime, police say thanks to the multitude of surveillance cameras and angles in the deli they are very confident they will be able to find who they are looking for because someone out there has to recognize the assailant.
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