Man who made threats on Brooklyn Heights Promenade is prime suspect in slashing
Photos taken by local weeks before attack prove valuable
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The police on Friday confirmed that a man depicted in photos taken by a Brooklyn Heights resident is their prime suspect in a shocking daytime slashing on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.
The suspect had been harassing and threatening visitors to the Promenade for weeks before the attack on a 21-year-old man who was sitting on a bench in the oval at the north end of the walkway, locals told the Brooklyn Eagle.
One Heights resident, Malcolm (he asked that his full name not be used), said he called the cops after being threatened by the man on July 11, roughly two weeks before the slashing.