Five people are facing gang assault charged and police are searching for dozens
of others following a brawl in Yonkers, police say.
Surveillance video shows the
moment the victim was struck in the head with a bottle outside a convenience
store on North Broadway.
An attack than began with
fozens of people ganging up on one man and stopping on him
The victim is at a trauma ward
where he is being treated fir brain hemoorhage, broken teeth and swelling to
his face and body.
Yonkers Police Department
Commissioner John Mueller says they need people to help them find the suspects.
“We can’t do it unless they’re willing to take a stand with us,” Mueller says.
The Yonkers area has had recent incidents like this onen with with a drive-by shooting injuring four people and a 6-year-old
being shot in the chest in April.
Neighbors like Linda Wright are hoping there will be a stop to the violence.
“Just praying, literally, that we stop this,” Wright says. “Stop the violence.
Because we don’t need to be killing each other.”
Yonkers police are actively searching for others responsible for the brawl.
Witnesses with any information are asked to contact the Yonkers Police
Department.