This archive report was first published on 5 October 2019.
On October 5, 2019, a brutal attack shook Manhattan's Chinatown and Lower East Side neighborhoods, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake.
According to Lieutenant Thomas Antonetti of the New York Police Department, at least four men, all believed to be homeless, were killed when an assailant struck them with a metal object while they were sleeping early Saturday morning.
A fifth victim was taken to a hospital with critical injuries, Lieutenant Antonetti said.
The attack began around 1:40 a.m. when a man with 'severe trauma to the head' was discovered on The Bowery. Shortly afterward, the police discovered another man with injuries to his head, who was taken to the hospital.
Three other men were found on Broadway and East Broadway with fatal injuries, Lieutenant Antonetti said.
A 24-year-old man was in custody, and a metal object about 3 feet long and similar to a construction stud was recovered by the police, Lieutenant Antonetti said.
The authorities were alerted to the rampage by a 911 call at 1:50 a.m. Saturday 'from an uninvolved party,' Lieutenant Antonetti said.
