BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Police are searching for a man they say attacked a 36-year-old victim on the street in Brooklyn on May 28.
The alleged attack happened at around 11:28 a.m. on Thomas S. Boyland Street.
Police say the man pushed the victim to the ground and punched him multiple times. The victim sustained a laceration to his right eye and left side of the head.
The suspect took the victim's phone and fled eastbound on Marion Street, according to the NYPD.
Police say the suspect is around 5'7'' and 150 pounds. He was last seen wearing a gray baseball cap, a gray hooded sweatshirt, a black hooded sweatshirt, black jeans, and blue sneakers.
The NYPD released the following surveillance image of the suspect.
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