Good Samaritan bashed in head with baseball bat trying to break up NYC brawl: sources

A good Samaritan was bashed in the face with a baseball bat as he tried to break up a fight on a Bronx street, leaving him with severe head fractures, cops and sources said. 

The concerned 31-year-old victim intervened when he spotted two men fighting around 1 a.m. Friday on East 175th Street near Walton Avenue in Morris Heights, authorities and sources said. 

But the violence quickly turned towards him, with one of the men pulling out a baseball bat and whacking the do-gooder multiple times, police said.

The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition with severe fractures to his face and head. 

The bat-wielding man fled the scene and has not been caught, authorities said. 

The NYPD released photos and videos of the attacker inside a barbershop about two blocks away, on Jerome Avenue near East 175th Street. 

He was last seen carrying a black backpack, and wearing a gray shirt, tan pants, a black baseball cap and black sneakers. 

Anyone with information on the assault is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). 

The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crimestoppers website or on X @NYPDTips.