Massachusetts Man Critically Injured In Savage Beating In The Village

[garbon]

A man visiting Massachusetts was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday afternoon, after a being severely beaten in a fight on trendy MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village.

As CBS 2's Tony Aiello reported, police said a bump in the street led to a brutal beating with a baseball bat and other weapons.

It all happened around 5 a.m. this past Sunday on the trendy strip of restaurants and shops on MacDougal Street near Bleecker Street.

Kevin McCarron, 24, of Andover, Mass., was out with a group of eight others early Sunday. They had just left Artichoke Pizza, 111 MacDougal St., when they bumped into some young men with Brooklyn and got into a quarrel.

Police said there were words, followed by fists. Then, at least two New Yorkers ran to a car and grabbed a bat and a tire iron.

Amateur video showed McCarron on the street being severely beaten. A passerby recorded video of the beating that appeared on YouTube, although the video has since been taken down.

The woman who took the video asked that CBS 2 hide her identity, but she did comment on what she saw.

"To take out serious weapons, you're trying to hurt someone – really hurt someone," she said.

The NYPD arrested two men — Hatem Farsakh, 24, and Sherif Rizk, 22, both of Brooklyn. They were charged with attempted murder, assault and gang assault.

The father of one of the suspects told Aiello his son did nothing wrong, and was shocked to learn the young man would face charges. In fact, Sherif Rizk claimed McCarron and his friends initially attacked the Brooklyn group.

"The other guys he said was so drunk, the other guys, beating up one of his friends, so he tried to stop them, so one of the guys punched him in the face," said Rizk's father, Ahmad Rizk, who added that his son had a serious eye injury.

But McCarron's friends said he is not a troublemaker. He worked until last year at an Americorps program outside Boston, counseling young people.

"The type of violence that was imposed upon him was the kind of thing that he would work with our young people so hard to make sure that that's not the path that they chose," said his friend, April Lyskowsky.

The NYPD was working Wednesday to identify others who joined in beating McCarron, and charge them.

McCarron suffered a fractured skull and serious internal injuries. His brother, Patrick, suffered less serious injuries, CBS Boston reported.

MacDougal Street is trendy? Who knew?

Also, I wonder what it means to be "with Brooklyn".

[CountDeMoney]

A man visiting Massachusetts was hospitalized in critical condition Wednesday afternoon, after a being severely beaten in a fight on trendy MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village.

I thought the Village was in NYC.

[garbon]

This is clearly a very poorly written and edited article.

[CountDeMoney]

But McCarron's friends said he is not a troublemaker. He worked until last year at an Americorps program outside Boston, counseling young people.

Take it from an ex-bail bondsman:  there's no such thing as no troublemakers working for Americorps.

"Occupation?"
"I'm with Americorps."
"Oh, so you're a criminal that just hasn't been convicted yet.  Gotcha."

[katmai]

But McCarron's friends said he is not a troublemaker. He worked until last year at an Americorps program outside Boston, counseling young people.

Take it from an ex-bail bondsman:  there's no such thing as no troublemakers working for Americorps.

"Occupation?"
"I'm with Americorps."
"Oh, so you're a criminal that just hasn't been convicted yet.  Gotcha."

[CountDeMoney]

Maybe it's just an Baltimore Dazzling Urbanite thing, then.

[garbon]

But McCarron's friends said he is not a troublemaker. He worked until last year at an Americorps program outside Boston, counseling young people.

Take it from an ex-bail bondsman:  there's no such thing as no troublemakers working for Americorps.

"Occupation?"
"I'm with Americorps."
"Oh, so you're a criminal that just hasn't been convicted yet.  Gotcha."

They all look like criminals!

[CountDeMoney]

I never bailed any of those people out.   They're all too...pretty.

[katmai]

Considering my Mother was an Americorps volunteer.

[CountDeMoney]

I appreciate her service.

[Phillip V]

A previous Facebook profile picture of Hatem Farsakh:
caption: "IN Allah i Believe"

Sherif Rizk:

Kevin McCarron:

[Valmy]

Is that like a Palestinian ninja or something?

[Caliga]

  Nothing good could ever come from visiting New York.  If it isn't getting beaten half to death by a gang of Arabs, it's getting pushed in front of a subway train by an insane black dude.

Of course, the guy lived in Boston so since he's already living in Hell on Earth I guess he just doesn't know any better.

[lustindarkness]

Did Timmy write that article?

[PDH]

Tim can't write more than one sentence at a time, usually it is "What do you say, Languish?"