Bearded man smashed Metropolitan Museum guard over the head with a bottle because a painting was crooked and escaped despite leaving a bloody trail
- Incident took place at 6pm Friday and left a 46-year-old guard with lacerations to the head and hand
- Police say unnamed suspect, sporting a long beard and all-black clothing, yelled at the guard 'Do your job!' after clobbering him
- Perpetrator is described as white male in his early to 20s, approximately 5-foot-8 and weighing 150lbs
Do YOU know him? Police are searching for this man who is suspected of smashing a glass bottle over the head of a security guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Friday
Police in New York City are on the hunt for a man who they say assaulted a security guard with a glass bottle at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.
The bearded perpetrator, dressed in all black, approached a security guard at the world-renowned museum on the Upper East Side at 6.15pm on Friday to inform him that an artwork hanging in one of the galleries was crooked.
According to police, the 46-year-old museum staffer told the eagle-eyed art connoisseur not to touch the painting and to bring his complaint to the information desk.
Officials say in response, the man smashed a glass bottle on the back of the guard's head as he turned away and yelled, 'Do your job!'
The suspect then fled, leaving a bloody trail throughout the museum from what was believed to have been a serious cut.
Authorities were unable to track down the thug after following the trail out of the building.
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Iconic: The bearded perpetrator approached the guard at the world-renowned museum in Manhattan to tell him that a painting was crooked
The victim was taken to New York-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center to be treated for a laceration on his head and another on his hand.
The Met released a statement regarding the assault Monday saying, in part: 'The safety of our staff and visitors is our number one priority.'
The suspect is described as white male in his early to 20s, approximately 5-foot-8 and weighing 150lbs. He was last seen sporting a long beard and wearing all black clothing.
When the guard told the man to take his complaint to the information desk, police say he hit him with the bottle and yelled, 'Do your Job!' He then fled, leaving a bloody trail from a cut
On Monday, the NYPD released on Twitter a 15-second surveillance video showing the wanted man standing at a kiosk inside the museum.
As of Tuesday morning, the suspect has not been named or apprehended. Anyone with information on the man is being asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).
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