4 Homeless Men Beaten to Death in Manhattan's Chinatown

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Source: New York Times

By William K. Rashbaum and Yonette Joseph
Oct. 5, 2019
Updated 10:28 a.m. ET

At least four men, all believed to be homeless, were killed in Manhattan by an assailant who struck them with a metal object while they were sleeping early Saturday morning, a police spokesman said.

A fifth victim, 49, was taken to a hospital with critical injuries, according to the spokesman, Lt. Thomas Antonetti of the New York Police Department.

A 24-year-old man was in custody, Lieutenant Antonetti said, and a metal object about 3 feet long was recovered by the police.

At a news conference on Saturday morning, Michael Baldassano, the chief of Manhattan South detectives, described the object as a “pipe.” He said the man in custody was also homeless.


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1. Recall Trump's recently ratched rhetoric against people who are homeless.

I'll be watching this case.

[Jedi Guy]

2. "He said the man in custody was also homeless."

I somehow doubt this is a Trump-loving vigilante with a hate-on for the homeless.

ETA: "The motive appeared to be 'random attacks' and that no one was 'targeted by race, age, anything by that nature,' Chief Baldassano said."

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4. Thanks

I should learn how to read the entire article.

[dogknob]

5. You would be surprised...

I spent a year in a homeless shelter. The number of Trump-loving homeless is staggering.

[spike jones]

7. Mental illness is a big factor among the homeless.

That would explain the trump supporters.

[dogknob]

8. A LOT of them.

[shenmue]

3. Rest in peace

[abqtommy]

6. Many years ago in San Diego there was a serial killer attacking homeless there.

This latest report appears to be a similar but very sad thing.

[Hal Zerozerozeronine]

9. NBC New York

jesus

[CountAllVotes]

10. What a sad sick world