Crime & Safety

Man Wearing Donald Trump Mask Punches East Harlem Bodega Worker: Police

The goon dressed as Donald Trump entered a bodega with three of his friends and proceeded to punch a man in the face.

EAST HARLEM, NY — Ghosts, vampires and other monsters hit the streets of New York for Halloween, but Donald Trump proved to be the scariest of them all.

A man donning all red — in true "Make America Great Again" fashion — and a Donald Trump mask entered an East Harlem bodega with three friends and proceeded to assault a man working there, police told Patch. The goons entered the store on Lexington Avenue near East 101st Street around 5:45 p.m. on Monday.

The victim, a 29-year-old man, suffered a laceration to his right eye and some bruising from the closed-fist strike, police told Patch. EMS responded to the scene of the assault but the victim refused medical attention, police said.

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Trump and his buddies were able to flee the bodega and have not been arrested, police said.

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