Steve Buscemi hospitalized after random punch on Manhattan block – NBC New York

A second “Boardwalk Empire” actor has been injured in what police sources have described as a random assault in Manhattan.

Steve Buscemi, 66, was in Kips Bay on Wednesday when a stranger got here up and walloped the actor throughout the face, that is in response to two NYPD sources. They stated Buscemi had been leaning up in opposition to a wall round 12 p.m., texting on his cellphone, on the time of the assault.

Medics responded to third Avenue and East twenty eighth Road, the place they picked up Buscemi and took him to Bellevue Hospital. Police stated the actor was handled for bruising, swelling, and bleeding to his left eye on account of the seemingly random assault.

The attacker has not but been recognized, however the NYPD launched surveillance photos of the alleged suspect in hopes of monitoring him down.

“Steve Buscemi was assaulted in Mid-City Manhattan, one other sufferer of a random act of violence within the metropolis,” the actor’s publicist stated in a press release to NBC Information. “He’s okay and appreciates everybody’s properly needs, although extremely unhappy for everybody that this has occurred to whereas additionally strolling the streets of NY.”

Buscemi, a former FDNY firefighter, is understood for his roles within the movies “Fargo” and “Reservoir Canine,” or the current TV sequence “Miracle Staff.” He was final seen on display within the last season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” which ended its 12 season run in April.

Buscemi is the second actor from the favored HBO tv present “Boardwalk Empire” attacked this spring. Michael Stuhlbarg was struck within the head with a rock whereas strolling close to Central Park on March 31.

A homeless man, later recognized as 27-year-old Xavier Israel, was taken into custody in reference to that incident; he faces assault and harassment expenses. Israel is allegedly the identical one that attacked Samaritan who gave him a coat in Manhattan greater than two years in the past.

Stuhlbarg is at the moment appearing in “Patriots” on Broadway.

A “Boardwalk Empire” actor is recovering from a rock to the pinnacle he suffered at random as he walked close to Central Park Sunday night time, authorities say.