Innocent NYC straphanger punched, robbed by thugs who caught him watching as they attacked another man: cops

An harmless witness was pummeled and robbed by a pair of thugs who caught him watching as they attacked one other man inside a Queens subway station this week, cops mentioned. 

Jeisson Bedoya, 35, a Queens resident who hails from Colombia and spent a while in Miami, noticed two strangers punching and stabbing one other man on the mezzanine degree on the 82nd Road-Jackson Heights subway station round 1 a.m. Monday, authorities mentioned.

“He didn’t even have the time to name 911,” mentioned the sufferer’s aunt, Yolanda Bedoya, 57.

“However when he noticed these guys stabbing the opposite one and beating the opposite man up, he rotated and left fast down the staircase.” 

However his escape bid was unsuccessful – the violent pair realized Jeisson was watching and turned their consideration to him, his aunt mentioned. 

“They obtained him within the staircase, pushing him down the staircase, however he was in a position to seize the [railing],” Yolanda Bedoya mentioned on behalf of her injured nephew, who speaks solely Spanish.

The brutes snatched Jeisson’s cellphone, however he managed to seize it again, his aunt mentioned. 

However that wasn’t the top of the attackers’ rampage. 

The menaces adopted him down the steps of the elevated station, the place they punched him just a few occasions earlier than working out onto the road, video obtained by The Submit reveals.

A police automotive quickly pulled up on the block, and Jeisson flagged down the officers – who chased the suspects, however they obtained away, his aunt mentioned. 

The blows left Jeisson with a black eye and again ache from the pair’s try and push him down the steps, however he refused medical consideration.

Jeisson has been residing in Whitestone for just a few months, serving to his aunt who’s disabled, she mentioned. 

He was coming dwelling from assembly up with a pal when he was attacked, his aunt added. 

“He by no means anticipated that one thing like it will occur to him,” his aunt mentioned.

“We used to inform him, ‘Jay, don’t exit too late. Don’t remain out too late. It’s getting very harmful.’ It’s not prefer it was earlier than.”

Cops launched footage late Thursday of the still-at-large pair strolling on the sidewalk. 

Anybody with data on the attackers is requested to name the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). 

The general public may also submit their ideas by logging onto the Crime Stoppers web site at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/, or on X @NYPDTips.