Two teens have been arrested and charged with gang assault for the attack on former New York Gov. David Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson, authorities say.
Two teens have been arrested in connection with the attack on former New York Gov. David Paterson and his 20-year-old stepson as the pair walked their dog in Manhattan on Friday night, authorities confirmed to Fox News Digital on Sunday morning. Police identified the two teens as a 12-year-old male, who was charged with second-degree gang assault, and a 13-year-old male, who was charged with third-degree gang assault. Their names were withheld because they are minors.
Paterson, who is 70 and legally blind, told FreedomNews.TV on Saturday that his stepson first encountered three of the teens when he spotted them climbing a fire escape to a building in the neighborhood and yelled that he would call the police if they didn’t go back down to the street. 'They came down. He got into it with one of them and that was kind of the end of it,' Paterson said.
The person that punched me on the shoulder, I threw them against the McDonald’s window myself,' Paterson said. Police have released descriptions of the five suspects and requested the public's aid in identifying them. The ex-Democratic governor's spokesperson, Sean Darcy, previously told Fox News Digital that Paterson and his stepson were released from the hospital early Saturday morning.
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