Witnesses to the fight outside hookah bars in Queens were the victims of a large-scale accident — one of them died and five others were on hospital beds.
According to police, the tragic incident occurred early Saturday morning near the institution, located at the intersection of liberty Avenue and 129th street in Richmond hill.
Preliminary info on #Queens incident: At approx. 4:30am officers responded to a 911 call of assault in progress in a hookah lounge on Liberty Ave.
6 people were struck by a car & 2 people stabbed. One person is currently in custody. Investigation ongoing. ☎ Lot #800577TIPS w/info
— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) January 3, 2017
About 4:30 six visitors left the bar and saw on the sidewalk a young man beats another. They began to yell at the aggressor, demanding that he stopped. While people’s attention was focused on the fight, on the sidewalk, suddenly left the car and ran into the crowd.
As a result of collision one person died at the scene and others were taken to medical center of Janaki with injuries of different severity.
The participants of the fight, which began with an emergency, was hospitalized with stab wounds.
At the moment the police are looking for the culprit who fled the scene. As reported by SBC News, citing witnesses, he had long hair, tied in a ponytail.
