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NYPD Probes Viral Brooklyn Costco Cart Dispute That Left 42-Year-Old Unconscious

Police are reviewing social-media video to identify suspects.

Overview

  • Police say the confrontation occurred around 3:50 p.m. Sunday inside the Sunset Park Costco on Third Avenue in Brooklyn.
  • Footage circulating online shows an argument between two couples over a shopping cart that escalated to shoving before one man punched the other.
  • The injured man, 42, hit his head on a cart and received treatment for eyelid and forehead injuries at NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn.
  • The assailant and another individual left the store, no arrests have been announced, and the investigation remains active.
  • Shoppers describe the store and parking lot as frequently overcrowded, and the video has drawn hundreds of thousands of views online.