Hot-headed teens attack retired NYPD lieutenant who confronted them for harassing cab driver in NYC: cops

A unit of hot-headed teens attacked a retired NYPD lieutenant who confronted them for harassing a cab driver connected nan Upper East Side this week, cops and sources said. 

The 65-year-old retiree spotted nan group of astatine slightest 5 youngsters ganging up connected nan cabbie conscionable aft 8 p.m. Tuesday astatine Park Avenue and East 84th Street and stepped successful to extremity them, according to law-enforcement sources. 

But arsenic soon arsenic nan erstwhile bull intervened, nan baby-faced ruffians turned connected him – bashing him pinch a backpack and punching him successful nan face, causing him to autumn to nan ground, authorities and sources said. 

“They were looking for problem harassing everyone they saw,” said nan victim, who did not want to beryllium identified. “When they started to fuss nan cab driver, I went complete and told them to time off him alone. That’s erstwhile 1 coward deed maine from down pinch a backpack.”

The beatdown near him pinch insignificant injuries to his look and knee, and he refused aesculapian attraction astatine nan scene, cops said. 

The attackers – each of whom look to beryllium teenagers – ran disconnected and had not been caught by Friday, arsenic cops released photos of each of them. 

One of nan suspects was past seen wearing a achromatic T-shirt, achromatic sneakers and achromatic shorts pinch a achromatic floral pattern. 

Another, seen fiddling connected his phone, wore a achromatic T-shirt and achromatic pants. 

A third, captured riding a bike, was past seen wearing a achromatic T-shirt and grey pants. 

The 4th fishy was past seen wearing a achromatic T-shirt and grey shorts, and nan 5th was past seen successful a achromatic T-shirt and grey pants. 

Anyone pinch accusation connected nan suspects is asked to telephone nan NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline astatine 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). 

The nationalist tin besides taxable their tips by logging onto nan Crime Stoppers website astatine https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, aliases connected X @NYPDTips.