Cops are looking for a maniac who launched a string of violent outbursts Monday on the Upper East Side — including a random slugging of a woman looking at her cellphone.
The suspect can be seen on surveillance video gingerly walking on East 85th Street near Park Avenue around 11 a.m. when he suddenly strikes the 21-year-old woman in the face without notice, according to police.
The victim suffered bruising and swelling to the face but refused medical attention. The suspect simply walked away.
Minutes earlier, the suspect approached a man sitting in his car in front of 960 Park Ave., cops said.
“I know you are talking about me!” the suspect said before brandishing a knife and chasing the man around his car.
The suspect in the Upper East Side attacksDCPIAfter the assault captured on video, the suspect approached his next victims at East 87th Street and Third Avenue around 11:13 a.m., when he deliberately walked into a man and woman, cops said.
He then brandished a knife and threatened the couple.
Cops were looking for the individual, who was described as about 25 years old and around 5 feet 6 inches tall.
