Overview

• No arrests have been made since surveillance images identified the suspect in the July 24 attack in South Ozone Park
• Detectives await a forensic veterinary report to confirm the dog’s cause of death and whether it was alive when set on fire
• The NYPD Animal Cruelty Squad is leading the probe with assistance from the ASPCA Authorities released images of a man wearing a maroon Polo sweatshirt, gray pants and a light brown MCM backpack
• Police have renewed a public appeal for information and are urging witnesses to contact the NYPD Crime Stoppers hotline