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Homeless man attacks tourist with
metal pipe near Times Square

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Posted By: Ribicon, 6/30/2021 7:31:05 PM

A tourist from South America was attacked by a homeless person who hit him in the head with a metal pipe near Manhattan’s Port Authority Midtown Bus Terminal Wednesday. The 66-year-old man, who is from Columbia, was walking with his family at West 40th Street and 8th Avenue at 11:40 a.m. when Wayne Lawton Welds allegedly approached him from behind and whacked him on the head with the blunt object, police said. The victim’s daughter scared off Welds, 25, after the unprovoked attack, and the suspect fled into the subway, according to the NYPD. The tourist was treated for a head laceration at Bellevue Hospital,

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Come to Fun City and be attacked "at random" by one of De Blasio's homeless cultural ambassadors; second such story today. They mean Colombia, not Columbia, but that's the state of American university education.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Starlifter Nav 6/30/2021 7:34:14 PM (No. 831852)
And here I was thinking "South Carolina, not South America!"
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Highlander 6/30/2021 7:47:10 PM (No. 831867)
New York should declare open season on its vermin.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Come And Take It 6/30/2021 7:50:06 PM (No. 831870)
#2 - starting with its communist mayor and thieving first 'lady'.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: mseegal 6/30/2021 7:54:35 PM (No. 831873)
Poor guy...I guess no one told him he was visiting a third-world country.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Penney 6/30/2021 8:07:31 PM (No. 831882)
When is too much enough, ...even for NYC?!
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Felixed 6/30/2021 8:39:17 PM (No. 831905)
Open season on vermin and said vermin would quickly become an "endangered species". The remaining vermin would then miraculously discover enough self-control to pass as "OK" and consume more oxygen than they would otherwise.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: DVC 6/30/2021 9:18:24 PM (No. 831921)
Any tourist going to NYC these days better have a four man, armed security detail.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: bobn.t 6/30/2021 11:20:24 PM (No. 831983)
New Yorkers need to start walking around armed. Don't mess with me punk. That what I'm doing now.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Newtsche 6/30/2021 11:28:02 PM (No. 831989)
One day, Mr. Welds called in sick for good. The world was happy.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: joew9 6/30/2021 11:54:10 PM (No. 832003)
What was a tourist doing with a metal pipe?
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Reply 11 - Posted by: mifla 7/1/2021 4:22:19 AM (No. 832082)
In a related story, NYC politicians introduced a bill for background checks on those wishing to purchase pipes.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Rumblehog 7/1/2021 7:12:03 AM (No. 832172)
How quickly that would go away were Nooo Yahkahs allowed to conceal carry, like we Texans. Let's compare crime rates next month...
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Reply 13 - Posted by: skacmar 7/1/2021 11:24:11 AM (No. 832507)
Did I read correctly that the attacker lived at a homeless shelter at the Four Points Sheraton Hotel? The article stated this at least two times. If correct, NYC is putting the homeless up at some nice places. Don't they have Motel 6 in NYC? The homeless do not need to stay at expensive hotels.
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