Off-Duty Cop Beaten While Walking Dog In Brooklyn: Report

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK — An off-duty police officer cop was attacked while walking his dog in Sheepshead Bay last week, according to the NYPD and reports.

The 29-year-old was beaten near Williams Court and East 11th Street at about 8:55 a.m. on Thursday morning, police said.

The attacker, who was not known to the police officer, said in Russian he was going to "f--- him up" before hitting the off-duty cop in the face with an unidentified object, sources told the New York Post.

After the assailant fled, emergency responders rushed the injured officer to Lutheran Hospital where he was treated for a fractured cheek bone and facial cuts, police said.

Police released a sketch of the suspect — whom they describe as a man in his 20s, standing at about 5-foot 6-inches and weighing about 170 pounds — on Sunday.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.

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