The scene on Knickerbocker and Troutman yesterday morning, after a Mexican man was attacked by “delinquents.” — Photos by Jonathan Mena

Two assaults left three men injured Sunday morning in Bushwick and Ridgewood.

The blood on the street was still fresh as a police officer taped off a crime scene at the corner of Troutman St. and Knickerbocker Ave. on Sunday. A little before 9am, a man was assaulted in front of the Oaxaca bodega. A store employee said that "some delinquents hit the Mexican [man] on the head," but had no more information.

 
The messy scene on Knickerbocker Avenue.
   

Several onlookers on the streets said they heard the commotion but did not have additional information. Police on the scene said 83rd Precinct detectives would be handling the case. An NYPD security camera is posted across the street from the crime scene but police have yet to release any info on the suspects or the condition of the victim.

Less than a mile away the same morning at Seneca Ave. and Bleeker St., the New York Post reports that 18-year-old Segundo Altamirano stabbed 22-year-old Angel Cuzco in the stomach outside of a Chinese take out restaurant. Another man, Juan Carlo Meza, tried to stop Altamirano but was slashed in the face and arm. Workers at the Chinese restaurant were not aware of the attack. An employee told BushwickBK she had opened the restaurant around 11am but saw no signs of the slashing. According to the Queens Ledger, Altamirano was arrested last October for criminal possession of a weapon in the same neighborhood.  A source told the Post that the police caught Altamirano with the knife in his hand.

To send tips to crime reporter Jonathan Mena, email him at jonathanmena@bushwickbk.com

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