Man in wheelchair choked and robbed outside of Bergdorf Goodman
The NYPD is looking for a man who robbed a wheelchair bound victim.
NEW YORK - A New York City man who is confined to a wheelchair was choked and robbed by a thug in Midtown Manhattan.
The NYPD says it happened about 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday. The 40-year-old man was in his wheelchair in front of the Bergdorf Goodman store on 5th Ave. just south of Central Park.
A man walked up to him, put him in a chokehold, and forcibly grabbed the man's phone.
Good Samaritans attempted to intervene, and the attacker threatened them with a knife before running off on foot.
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The victim refused medical attention. No one else was hurt.
New York City Police released a photo of the man they are looking for in connection with the attack in hopes that someone would recognize him.