Second suspect identified in brutal off-duty cop beating in Bronx
Police have identified the second alleged brute wanted over the savage beating of an off-duty NYPD cop in the Bronx over the weekend.
The NYPD blasted out an image of 22-year-old Wayne Lucas on Wednesday in a bid to hunt him down — a day after his alleged accomplice was busted over the sick caught-on-camera attack.
Lucas and Taveon Hargrove, 23, are suspected of pinning the officer to the ground at knifepoint and then stomping on his face on St. Peter’s Ave. in Westchester Square early Saturday, cops said.
Footage of the saga showed one of two masked goons holding a blade to the cop’s neck as the other rifled through the victim’s pockets.
Before fleeing, the suspects could be seen pummeling the officer multiple times in the face and booting him in the head.
The alleged crooks made off with the officer’s Glock 19 9mm service weapon and a handful of his belongings, police said.
The injured cop — who hasn’t been identified publicly — suffered multiple facial fractures during the ordeal.
The NYPD quickly put out multiple surveillance images of the two suspects in an effort to track them down.
Hargrove, who already has a lengthy rap sheet, was eventually nabbed on Tuesday by the US Marshals’ Regional Fugitive Task Force in Virginia.
Cops used the injured officer’s own handcuffs to take him in, according to law enforcement sources.Meanwhile, Hargrove’s father was also nabbed for allegedly using the officer’s stolen credit card at several Bronx bodegas in the wake of the attack, sources said.
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