Man Arrested After Using a Tree Branch in an Assault Spree Throughout Manhattan
A man who used a tree branch in an assault spree throughout downtown Manhattan has been arrested.
The chaos began Sunday evening when New Jersey resident Bryan Thompson, 43, allegedly struck three people over the head on the subway platform for the 1 train on Canal Street just after 6:30 p.m., ABC New York station WABC reported.
Thompson then allegedly left the station and struck a fourth victim in her head on Varick and Canal Streets before approaching a car and attacking the driver, police said.
When the driver of that car fled, Thompson allegedly took the vehicle, sped off, and then crashed into two parked cars, according to authorities.
After crashing, Thompson allegedly smashed the side window of another vehicle, police said, but the female driver of that car did not get out.
Thompson then allegedly attacked a man and woman on the street nearby with the tree branch before approaching a third vehicle and hitting it with the branch.
