Suspect who randomly attacked actor Steve Buscemi in broad daylight identified by NYPD: report

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homeless man slugged longtime Adam Sandler sidekick Steve Buscemi earlier this month.Host Jake Gyllenhaal as a police sergeant took inspiration from the random attack on a Brooklyn street to kickstart the new task force for the easily recognizable, but indistinguishable actors, dubbed the “Organization to Hinder Harmful Incidents in Manhattan,” or, “Oh, him.”“Summer is coming up and we are seeing an increase in random acts of violence across our streets. Just this week, national treasure Steve Buscemi was punched while walking through Kips Bay,” Gyllenhaal said at a press conference in perfect imitation of a born-and-raised New York cop.“These types of attacks cannot and will not be tolerated,” he added.Buscemi’s attacker socked him in the face on the morning of May 8 — causing the former FDNY firefighter to suffer “bleeding to his eye, swelling, bruising, and substantial pain” — before casually walking awayWhile jarring, the incident is far from isolated — it comes three years after Rick Moranis was punched while walking on the Upper West Side, and just one month after Buscemi’s “Boardwalk Empire” co-star Michael Stuhlbarg was also randomly targeted by a rock-welding homeless man on the Upper East Side.“Oh, that guy!” the crowd of journalists cooed as Stuhlbarg’s face came up on the NYPD screen, with Heidi Gardner adding that she could never place his name: “I always want to call him Tom something.”Gyllenhaal brought the focus back to the issue at hand: that “character actors are being targeted.”“Simply put, it’s actors whose faces you can remember, names you cannot,” he explained.“So when you may be a character actor if you’ve ever been on the TV show Boardwalk Empire.

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A man accused of randomly punching film and TV star Steve Buscemi has been arrested and charged, according to the New York Police.

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sucker-punching actor Steve Buscemi in Kips Bay last week appeared to be talking to himself while walking down the street moments before the random attack, according to new video footage. The clip obtained by CBS News shows the suspect saying something indiscernible to himself while walking north on Third Avenue just moments before he allegedly slugged the 66-year-old “Boardwalk Empire” star.Buscemi, a New York native, was photographed with a black eye and bruised chin in his first appearance since Wednesday’s broad daylight assault.The deranged man walked up to the actor and promptly punched him in the face in an unprovoked attack, police said.

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We just can’t even believe this. Steve Buscemi is recovering after a violent assault in broad daylight.

slugged in a random attack in Kips Bay last week.The 66-year-old “Boardwalk Empire” actor was sporting bruises and a swollen chin while shooting a commercial in Soho on Saturday.Buscemi could be seen in photos taken over the weekend chatting with crew members along Mott and Prince streets around 5:25 p.m.It was his first public appearance since the broad-daylight attack on Wednesday, when a deranged brute walked up to the Brooklyn-born actor and slugged him in an unprovoked attack — with his attacker still on the loose, the NYPD told The Post.“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-Town Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city,” the actor’s publicist said in a statement Sunday.

Steve Buscemi was reportedly attacked by a random man in Manhattan, New York last week.Per a report from the New York Post, Buscemi was walking in the Kips Bay neighbourhood on Manhattan’s East side on Wednesday (May 8) with an unnamed female, when he was approached by a random man who walked up to him and punched him in the face.The bearded man was sporting a baseball cap, a blue t-shirt and black sweatpants, and fled the scene after Buscemi fell to the floor. The New York Post reports that the local authorities have yet to apprehend the assailant, and are still on the search for Buscemi’s attacker.Buscemi’s publicist told the New York Post that the actor is “ok” but sustained a swollen left eye and face, and was taken to a hospital for treatment shortly after the incident: “He is ok and appreciates everyone’s well wishes, though incredibly sad for everyone that this has happened to while also walking the streets of New York.”A witness – a worker in the area who asked only to be named as Nat – said in a statement to the New York Post: “I saw he was with a woman, and then through the corner of the window I saw him trip and fall backwards.

Actor Steve Buscemi was randomly assaulted while walking the streets of New York on Wednesday, his publicist confirmed. "Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-Town Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city. He is ok and appreciates everyone’s well wishes, though incredibly sad for everyone that this has happened to while also walking the streets of NY," Buscemi's publicist told Fox News Digital.

Steve Buscemi is the latest victim of a random attack in New York City.

New York native Steve Buscemi has become the latest celebrity to suffer a random attack on New York City streets.

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