Two boys, ages 12 and 13, have been arrested and charged in a road assault final week on former New York Gov. David Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson that unfolded on Manhattan’s Higher East Facet, in keeping with officers.
The 2 youngsters, whose names weren’t launched, have been arrested round 8 p.m. Saturday after turning themselves in at a police precinct with their mother and father, the New York Police Division mentioned.
A 3rd baby initially wished within the assault additionally turned themself in however was not charged after officers decided he was not concerned, officers mentioned.
Former Governor of New York David Paterson and his 20-year-old son are injured by 5 suspects at roughly 8:30 p.m. in entrance of 1871 2nd Avenue on the Higher East Facet of Manhattan, New York, on Oct. 4, 2024.
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The 12-year-old suspect was arrested on a cost of second-degree gang assault whereas the 13-year-old was charged with third-degree gang assault, in keeping with the NYPD.
“Governor Paterson and his household are glad to see the suspects turned themselves in,” Sean Darcy, spokesperson for Paterson, informed New York ABC station WABC. “We hope that the younger individuals concerned study one thing from this unlucky encounter.”
The assault occurred round 8:35 p.m. on Friday on 2nd Avenue close to 96th Road on the Higher East Facet of Manhattan, in keeping with the NYPD.
The confrontation started as a “verbal altercation” between the suspects and the 70-year-old former governor and his stepson, the NYPD mentioned. Police initially mentioned that as much as 5 suspects have been concerned within the assault.
On this March 8, 2010, file picture, New York Governor David Paterson sits throughout a city corridor assembly at Borough Corridor in Brooklyn, New York.
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The suspects had had “a earlier interplay” with the stepson, Paterson’s spokesperson informed WABC, noting that the assault happened close to the victims’ dwelling.
The suspects hit the victims within the face and physique, police mentioned.
Paterson and his stepson managed to struggle off the attackers, the spokesperson mentioned, and the suspects fled on foot, in keeping with police.
On this Jan. 1, 2023, file picture, former Governor David Paterson attends the Inauguration ceremony for New York statewide officers at Empire State Plaza Conference Middle in Albany, New York.
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The investigation of the assault is ongoing and extra arrests could possibly be made, police mentioned.
Paterson and his stepson have been each taken to the hospital in secure situation, police mentioned, and so they’ve since been launched, the previous governor’s spokesperson mentioned.
Paterson, a Democrat, served as governor of New York from 2008 to 2010. He was New York’s first African American governor and the nation’s first legally blind governor.
ABC Information’ Matt Foster and Emily Shapiro contributed to this report.
