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Cops looking for three men who assaulted a driver in Flushing after he wouldn’t give them a ride

livery cab assault
Photos courtesy of the NYPD

Police are looking for three men who assaulted a livery cab driver and hung onto his car after he refused to give them a ride in Flushing last month.

At 1:45 a.m. on Sept. 15, a 47-year old male livery cab driver was inside of his vehicle waiting for a customer in front of 39-16 Prince St. As he was waiting, when he was approached by three individuals who demanded that he give them a ride.

When the victim refused, one of the suspects opened his passenger side door, punched him in the face and took his cell phone and approximately $20. The victim then tried to flee the location as one of the suspects hung onto his vehicle.

The suspect let go of the vehicle and all the perpetrators fled the location to parts unknown. The victim went to New York Hospital Queens for his injury.

Two of the suspects are described as 20-year-old Asian men, while the third suspect is described as a 20-year-old black man who was last seen wearing a red baseball, cap, black shirt and red pants.

Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS or for Spanish 888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers Website or texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.