Weatherman brutes: ‘Put him to sleep’
Police released a photo of a fourth suspect in the wild subway beatdown of Fox News meteorologist Adam Klotz — who revealed in a new interview how members of the violent crew egged each other on to “put him to sleep.”
The surveillance image, released by the NYPD Monday night, shows a young-looking man in a black jacket and light sweater. The suspect is still on the loose and believed to be connected to the brutal early-Saturday attack on Klotz, 37, on a southbound 1 train near 18th Street.
Three of the suspects — two 15-yearolds and a 17-year-old — were arrested soon after the attack and then released, cops said.
“This whole group comes and gang-rushes me, jumps on me and just starts beating me and kicking me,” Klotz recalled in a Mondaynight interview with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. “I hear, ‘Put him to sleep, put him to sleep.’
“And I was able to avoid that, but I got kicked up and down the side, kind of stomped on.”
Klotz said the mayhem began as he headed home from watching the Giants football game at a bar with friends.
He felt compelled to intervene, he said, when he witnessed the crew setting a senior’s hair on fire.
The three young thugs who have already been released with “juvenile reports” could face charges only if Klotz files a complaint with the city Department of Probation, which would then decide if it would refer the case to the Law Department, officials said Sunday.
The juvenile reports are handed to youngsters who allegedly commit an act that would constitute an offense if perpetrated by an adult.
However, police said Monday they’re interviewing the elderly man who was allegedly accosted by the teens first — and could still lodge charges against the crew.
“The decision was to get all the information before we move forward,” NYPD Deputy Chief Kevin Maloney told The Post.
“We’re talking to him now to see if there are appropriate charges. “They could be issued appearance tickets to appear in Family Court.”