A homeless man in the Bronx is under arrest for pummeling one man and slashing a woman in the forehead, police said. 

Xavier Rodriguez, 29, is accused of being the unhinged attacker behind the unprovoked Friday night attacks, cops said.

He was charged with assault after being arrested Saturday, the NYPD said.

The random attacks began at approximately 8:10 p.m. Friday in front of 2265 University Ave., near West 183rd Street, where the assailant approached a 49-year-old man, knocked him to the ground and struck him with an unknown object, authorities said. The sicko then mounted the victim and tried to press his thumbs into the victim’s eyes before running off, police said.

Moments later, in front of 2324 University Ave., the same individual slashed a 52-year-old woman in the forehead and ran northbound on University Avenue toward Fordham Road, cops said.


  The wanted suspect allegedly beat one man and slashed a woman in the Bronx. DCPI The wanted suspect allegedly beat one man and slashed a woman in the Bronx. DCPI

Both victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries to their faces and were transported by EMS to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition, authorities said.

In Lower Manhattan, a 65-year-old man was slashed in the face with an unknown object in Sara D. Roosevelt Park at Forsyth Street and Hester Street at around 8:45 p.m. Friday, police said. The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, cops said. There are no arrests.

Anyone with information in regard to these incidents is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

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