New York Daily News

The slashing pooper’s pic made public

- Thomas Tracy

CALL HIM public enemy No. 2.

Cops have released a sketch (inset) of the man wanted for slashing a grandfathe­r who confronted him about defecating in front of a Chelsea apartment building.

“Anyone know this individual?” NYPD Capt. Paul Lanot tweeted. “Hoping someone in the community does.”

The 72-year-old victim was looking out a first-floor window on W. 21st St. near Seventh Ave., when he saw a man going through the garbage at about 7 a.m. on Sept. 29, police said.

When he went outside to investigat­e further, he found the stranger squatting on a staircase leading to a basement apartment. “He had his pants down to make poop-poop,” the victim — who wished to remain anonymous — told the Daily News.

“He pulled his pants up and went upstairs. I kicked him with my foot and he swung around with something in his hand.”

The next thing he knew, he had a 4-inch slash wound and his attacker ran off, the victim said.

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