NEW YORK – The person was recognized as a suspect in a Actor Steve Buscemi accused of assault He was final seen a number of days in the past at a shelter in Brooklyn, in line with two senior metropolis officers accustomed to the investigation.
Clifton Williams was final seen on Might 11 at a males’s shelter on Clay Avenue in Greenpoint, metropolis officers informed NBC New York. Williams, 50, stayed on the shelter for 3 nights after the assault, officers stated.
Williams has been residing in shelters across the metropolis for the previous few years. In April, he stayed on the Bellevue Males’s Shelter earlier than being admitted to Greenpoint.
He was recognized Tuesday as a suspect within the Might 8 assault on the “Boardwalk Empire” star in Kips Bay. Two NYPD sources stated Buscemi was leaning in opposition to a wall round 12 p.m., texting on his telephone, when a stranger got here in and punched him within the face.
EMS was referred to as to Third Avenue and East twenty eighth Avenue, the place they picked up Buscemi and took him to Bellevue Hospital. Police stated the actor was handled for bruising, swelling and bleeding in his left eye on account of the apparently random assault.
The actor’s publicist confirmed particulars of the violent incident over the weekend, saying the 66-year-old is “doing properly and appreciates everybody’s properly needs, though it is actually unhappy for everybody that this occurred to them whereas they had been strolling the streets.” from New York.”
Within the days following the alleged assault, the NYPD launched surveillance photographs of the suspect in hopes of discovering him. The seek for Williams continues.
Buscemi, a former FDNY firefighter, is understood for his roles within the movies “Fargo” and “Reservoir Canine,” or the latest tv sequence “Miracle Employees.” He was final seen on display screen within the last season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which ended its twelfth season in April.
Buscemi was the second actor from the HBO tv present “Boardwalk Empire” to assault this spring. Michael Stuhlbarg was hit within the head with a rock whereas strolling close to Central Park on March thirty first.
A homeless man, later recognized as Xavier Israel, 27, was arrested in reference to that incident; he faces costs of assault and harassment. Israel is alleged to be the identical one who attacked a great Samaritan who gave him a coat in Manhattan greater than two years in the past.
2024-05-16 04:52:01
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