Woman Says Man Tried To Bite Her Eye Out During Attack In Harlem

A woman buying a bottle of wine at a local liquor store in Harlem was brutally attacked by a group of men. She shared details of the attack in an interview with CBS New York, and revealed that one of her attackers tried biting her eye out.

CBS 2 reports:

The 31-year-old mother says she was buying a bottle of wine after work when two men walked into the shop on West 128th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue. She says a man in a red parka offered to pay.

“I politely declined, and I said no thank you, but thank you, I can pay for it myself. And I got ready to walk out. Before I walk out he basically said that he felt like I thought I was better than them,” the woman told Rozner.

The men followed her out, she says asking what did she want to do about it.

“I just asked him, I said, ‘you’re seriously trying to fight me? I’m trying to go about my business,’” she said.

She says they chased her across the street, kicking her, and one man actually bit her forehead, leaving a deep wound. She says he tried to bite her eye out. Others kicked her.

“To bite me, and do that – maul me the way that he did – with me screaming, and saying I’m just trying to get my daughter. That – that’s an animal. That’s not a person,” she said.

She also added that she dropped her iPhone during the attack. As picked up her phone, one of the attackers pried it from her hands saying “Give me your phone b****!”

She said afterward, someone told her to run, because one of the men had done this to someone else before and could come back.

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Authorities said multiple people called 911. They are still looking for the men involved.

Anyone with information about her attackers is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.