LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS — A 35-year-old tourist from Florida has died after he was attacked in Long Island City, according to police and news reports.
Sabor Szabo, of Boca Raton, succumbed to injuries from an assault that happened early Sunday morning while he was visiting New York for a family wedding, WPEC-TV reported Tuesday.
Szabo was leaving the hotel where his brother was staying on 29th Street near 41st Avenue at about 1:15 a.m. when he was attacked, police said. He was knocking on car windows in search of the ride he’d called when an unidentified man stepped out of one of the cars and punched him in the face, family and friends told WPEC.
The blow caused Szabo to fall back onto the pavement and lose consciousness, authorities said. He was rushed to a local hospital in critical condition, where he later died.
The attacker, a bald man last seen wearing a light long sleeved shirt and jeans, fled the scene in a white SUV, police said.
“I hope they find him and bring him to justice,” coworker Josh Gillon told WPEC. “This was really a stupid, stupid act.
“It’s a big family and he was an important part of it so everybody is just heartbroken.”
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
Lead photos via NYPD
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