After following another restaurant client outside and violently beating him in a wordless assault that fractured his skull, police made an arrest on charges of attempted murder.
On Friday, August 12, 55-year-old Bronx resident and registered sex offender Bui Van Phu was detained in connection with the unprovoked attack.
After releasing video of the horrific occurrence, the NYPD verified that Phu had been detained.
At 10.45 p.m., allegations of an attack on a 52-year-old male in front of the Fuego Tipico restaurant on 163 East 188 Street in the Bronx prompted a call to the police.
After the unprovoked assault, the victim was discovered unconscious, unresponsive, and bleeding from the head on the ground. He was sent to the hospital right away.
In horrifying security footage, Phu can be seen putting on some gloves before swinging violently and striking the victim in the back of the head.
After the abrupt assault, he quickly collapses to the ground, looking to be unconscious and hitting his head on the pavement.
The victim, who was conversing with many other patrons, departed the restaurant following the suspect, who was dressed in a black t-shirt and black jeans.
According to the NYPD, he allegedly hit the victim in the face “without previous dialogue or dispute” before “returning back inside the restaurant and afterwards to places unknown.”
Police continue to want anybody who may have knowledge about the event to come forward.
EMS transported the sufferer, who had a fractured skull, a shattered cheek bone, and bleeding on the brain, to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi.
Investigations into the savage assault are still underway, and he is presently in a critical but stable condition.
In March 1995, Phu was previously found guilty of first-degree sexual abuse.
When approached by DailyMail.com, a representative for the Fuego Tipico restaurant refused to comment.
According to an NYPD official, officers were called to a 911 call about a gentleman being attacked in front of the Fuego Tipico restaurant at 163 Eat 188 Street on Friday, August 12, 2022, at around 22:45.
‘On arrival, responding police found a man victim, 52, who was unconscious and lifeless on the ground and had suffered head damage.
‘According to additional inquiry, the victim left the restaurant, stopped, and saw many people conversing. At that point, someone else left the establishment, put on a pair of gloves, and took a position behind the victim.
The person who hit the victim in the face did so without engaging in any previous dialogue or dispute. After that, they left the restaurant and went somewhere else.
The victim had a fractured skull, a shattered cheek bone, and brain haemorrhage.
The man was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi by EMS once they arrived on the scene. There, he is listed in critical but stable condition, and an investigation is still underway.
The subject is characterised as a middle-aged man with a medium complexion, a medium frame, and some balding.
He was last seen with gloves, a black t-shirt, and black slacks.
Anyone with information on this event is requested to contact the Crime Stoppers Hotline of the NYPD at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or 1-888-57-PISTA for Spanish-speaking callers (74782).
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