Slashing Probed as Gang Attack in NY

Yonkers slashing probed as possible gang attack

By WILL DAVIDTHE JOURNAL NEWS
(Original Publication: July 26, 2005)

Detectives yesterday were trying to determine if a weekend slashing — apparently videotaped by one of the assailants — was gang-related, police said.

A 26-year-old Yonkers man was slashed across the chest with a box cutter after a group of young men approached him, and one asked if the red baseball cap he was wearing signified that he was a member of the Bloods street gang, police from the 3rd Precinct said.

The man was walking near 85 Riverdale Ave. about 11:30 p.m. Saturday when he was attacked. He was treated at St. Joseph's Medical Center in Yonkers, where he received three sutures for the wound, police said.

Witnesses told police that one of the assailants taped the attack with a camcorder.

Detective Lt. Maureen Zadorozny said the department would not comment further on the slashing because it was under investigation.

No one had been arrested in connection with the incident as of yesterday.