Convicted felon and ex-con, repeat offender, nearly kills random bystander unprovoked…released without bail in NYC.
Bui Van Phu, 55, was instead charged by the Bronx District Attorney’s Office with assault and harassment, both misdemeanors, for the brutal knockout punch last Friday that left the 52-year-old victim unconscious on the street, according to a criminal complaint.
He required brain surgery and is now in a medically induced coma, authorities said.
The new charges against Phu are not bail eligible, and a Bronx judge cut Phu loose on supervised release at his arraignment Thursday, a spokesperson for the Bronx DA’s office said.
The NYPD had charged Phu with attempted murder after arresting him Wednesday for the attack, that appeared to have come out of the blue.
Phu allegedly confessed to the crime to his parole officer, according to the complaint against him.
“I hit someone and he’s in the hospital. I don’t know if he’s dead. The police are looking for me,” he told the officer, according to the complaint.
Phu and the victim did not know each other and there did not appear to be any interaction between them prior to the punch, police said.
The victim, shown in surveillance footage carrying a backpack, was leaving the Fuego Tipico Restaurant on East 188th Street near the Grand Concourse in Fordham Manor around 10:45 p.m. on Aug. 12 when he stopped near a group of people chatting outside.
He was followed out by a balding man wearing a black T-shirt — who put on what appear to be work gloves before randomly slugging the victim from behind, causing him to fall onto the sidewalk and hit his head, the footage released Wednesday shows.
The convicted *** offender left the 52-year-old victim with a skull fracture, broken cheekbone and bleeding in the brain.NY *** Offender Registry
Bui Van Phu, 55, was instead charged by the Bronx District Attorney’s Office with assault and harassment, both misdemeanors, for the brutal knockout punch last Friday that left the 52-year-old victim unconscious on the street, according to a criminal complaint.
He required brain surgery and is now in a medically induced coma, authorities said.
The new charges against Phu are not bail eligible, and a Bronx judge cut Phu loose on supervised release at his arraignment Thursday, a spokesperson for the Bronx DA’s office said.
The NYPD had charged Phu with attempted murder after arresting him Wednesday for the attack, that appeared to have come out of the blue.
Phu allegedly confessed to the crime to his parole officer, according to the complaint against him.
“I hit someone and he’s in the hospital. I don’t know if he’s dead. The police are looking for me,” he told the officer, according to the complaint.
Phu and the victim did not know each other and there did not appear to be any interaction between them prior to the punch, police said.
The victim, shown in surveillance footage carrying a backpack, was leaving the Fuego Tipico Restaurant on East 188th Street near the Grand Concourse in Fordham Manor around 10:45 p.m. on Aug. 12 when he stopped near a group of people chatting outside.
He was followed out by a balding man wearing a black T-shirt — who put on what appear to be work gloves before randomly slugging the victim from behind, causing him to fall onto the sidewalk and hit his head, the footage released Wednesday shows.
The convicted *** offender left the 52-year-old victim with a skull fracture, broken cheekbone and bleeding in the brain.NY *** Offender Registry
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