Developing overnight: NYPD releases new video of suspects wanted in Coney Island smoke shop beating, now under investigation as a hate crime. ZinniaDee_TV has the new details.
Police are searching for four men wanted in connection with the beating of 58-year-old Jamal Sawaid.
New surveillance video released overnight shows the men running away from Mermaid Avenue before fleeing in a white pickup truck, according to police. . He spoke with CBS2 on Sunday, telling us three men he's never seen before assaulted him for no reason, while a fourth stood outside as a guard. "I thought he was joking... Smile on his face, and he hit me right away," Sawaid said."The blood is going in the floor, and I keep on going down, and he keep on hitting me over here, there, over here."The community gathered outside the shop, calling for action.
"Everybody in this city deserves to feel safe, no matter their background, their religion, especially during the holy month of Ramadan," said CAIR Legal Director Ahmed Mohamed. "It's scary," the victim's wife, Marie Shahzada, said."That's why all these businesses are standing together and saying we don't want this.""The NYPD, they can't do it alone. We need you guys, the media, we need the public at large to say we know this guy," she said."I feel confident the NYPD will do their job, as long as they get the support from the community.
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