Police are searching for a man they say punched an MTA bus driver and poured lighter fluid on him over the weekend in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. elijahwestbrook reports from the scene.
It happened around 6 p.m. Saturday near the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Empire Boulevard inPolice said the driver announced the B44 bus was going out of service and asked passengers to exit. He noticed the suspect wasn't getting off, so he offered assistance, but was punched multiple times and even had lighter fluid poured on him.
The suspect then ran off, but the driver managed to take a photo of him. He was last seen wearing a denim jacket, checkered shirt, denim shorts and yellow sneakers. Anyone with information about his attacker is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at
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