The NYPD has released a video of the suspect in the assault of a gay couple in a Dallas BBQ restaurant in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood of NYC Tuesday night in hopes that someone can identify him.
Watch the video, AFTER THE JUMP…
The suspect was captured on film violently beating a gay couple over the head with a chair inside the restaurant on 8th Avenue and 23rd Street after an altercation in which homophobic slurs were allegedly used.
The incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or texting their tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
