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A Fox News weather forecaster was brutally beaten by a group of teenagers as he tried to stop them from harassing a homeless man on the Manhattan subway Sunday morning., authorities reported.
The meteorologist, Adam Klotz, 37, recounted the shocking attack on his Instagram stories, where he appeared bruised and with bruises on both eyes as he described how He was on his way home on a train after an NFL playoff game when he noticed “this older gentleman being hassled by this group of seven or eight teenagers.”
“I was like, ‘Hey, guys, stop that.’ And they decided, ‘OK, if he’s not going to get it, you’re going to get it.’ And boy, did they get it,” Klotz said. “They had me on the floor. My ribs are bruised, too. They got their hits.”
Police sources said Klotz was on a No. 1 train around 1:15 a.m. when he confronted the young offenders, who may have been smoking marijuana at the time.
Fox News weatherman Adam Klotz beaten up by a gang of teenagers on NYC subway after telling them to stop hassling an elder man pic.twitter.com/PdXHq4zoOX
The suspects fled the train at the 18th Street station after the attack, but three of them, two 15-year-olds and one 17-year-old, were soon captured by the New York police., the sources reported.
Although the police released the three young men.
“Juvenile reports were filed and parents were called to pick them up,” a NYPD spokesman said Sunday.
It is unclear why the trio was released without facing charges, but A police spokesman said the department did not have that option because of their ages and that the crime involved a misdemeanor.
A spokesman for the city's Law Department, which prosecutes juvenile crimes in New York, said in an email that the victim will need to file a complaint with the Probation Department before being involved. From there, it will be referred to the Law Department for prosecution.
The 17-year-old could have been charged as an adult before the state's Raise the Age law, which went into effect in 2019. The revised legislation raised the age for a youth to be charged as an adult from 17 to 18.
Klotz was treated for his injuries at Bellevue Hospital.
At the beginning of his Instagram stories, the meteorologist half-joked: “You should see the other guy.”
“My side, don’t laugh, my side is way worse than my face. And the thing is, the other guy isn’t really a guy. He’s kids. Five or six kids.”
“Where are the parents?” Klotz said. “Parents, take care of your children.”
About the man he was defending, he said: “He’s fine.”
“And the police caught a couple of these kids and, you know, they gave me X-rays. I’m fine. This is all going to heal. So, everything is fine.”
Klotz, who is originally from Indiana, added: “New York City! What a place. The Big Apple.”
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- No one safe on New York subway: police officer robbed at knifepoint in broad daylight
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