BEDFORD-STUYVESANT – Police searching for a suspect accused of assaulting three women as they left a Bed-Stuy gay bar released surveillance video of the alleged offender.
The victims, aged 29, 34 and 36, were leaving One Last Shag on Franklin Avenue around on Oct. 26 when a man attacked them while making “derogatory comments about their sexual orientation,” according to the NYPD.
Police previously said two women were injured in the incident.
The assault occurred in front of New Millennium Grocery at 336 Franklin Ave., near Greene Avenue, at about 2:15 a.m. when a group of two men and two women passed by the three victims, a police spokesman said.
One of the men started exchanging words with the women, making anti-gay statements before shoving one woman to the ground and punching another, police said.
All three women were taken to Kings County Hospital and treated for minor facial cuts, NYPD officials said.
The attacker remained at large Friday morning, according to the NYPD.
Police are also looking to question the other people who were with the attacker, they said.
The NYPD's hate crimes task force was investigating the assault, police said.
Anyone with information should contact Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS (8477).
