Man Slugs NYC Shopkeeper Over Face Mask Rule

The New York Daily News reports:

What a maskhole! A cantankerous customer coldcocked the 68-year-old owner of a Manhattan Army surplus store in a caught-on-camera attack after he was asked to wear a mask inside the store, police said Wednesday.

The store owner suffered a bloody bruise and was taken to Lenox Hill Healthplex.

The ruffian is a white man with a light beard and a tattoo on his right hand. On the day of the attack, he was last seen wearing a dark-colored baseball hat, black hooded jacket, red Nike shirt, blue jeans and black boots.

Read the full article. Video of the incident is at the link. Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying the man.

A “maskhole” attacked the 68-year-old owner of Kaufman’s Army & Navy Store in Times Square in a caught-on-camera hit — after he was asked to wear a mask ?✖️https://t.co/IERylXt4AG

— New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) December 8, 2021