Hooded Bushwick Mugger Attacks 3 People In 1 Hour, Cops Say

BUSHWICK, BROOKLYN — Police are looking for a man who attacked and robbed three people within an hour last week, sending two to the hospital and stealing more than $400.

The man, caught on surveillance camera wearing what looks like a ski mask, first mugged a 43-year-old man on the corner of Menahan Street and Myrtle Avenue just before 5 a.m. on Nov. 4, police said. He came up behind the man, hitting him in the face multiple times, before taking his cell phone, $20 and running away.

The victim was sent to the hospital with cuts and swelling on his face, police said.

Then, just ten minutes later, the same mugger attacked a 34-year-old woman who was leaving her home on Wilson Avenue, several blocks away from where he'd robbed the first victim.

This time, the man hit the woman on the head as she was walking out of her home and grabbed her cell phone and $200, police said. The woman was sent to the hospital with a cut on her head.

The third mugging happened about an hour later, around 6 a.m., a block from the Wilson Street attack, police said. The man put a sharp object on the back of a 25-year-old man as he was walking on Woodbine Street and demanded money. He got away with another cell phone and $200, police said.

The photo of the man is taken from surveillance video from the second attack.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of this male is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.