Three of the four homeless men who were beaten to death with a metal pipe in Chinatown over the weekend were identified Monday, as lawmakers and mourners gathered at an emotional memorial for the men at Chatham Square Monday. Meanwhile, Mayor de Blasio has announced additional homeless outreach efforts and resources in the neighborhood where the senseless attack on five homeless men, one of whom survived but is in critical condition, occurred early Saturday.
Several sidewalk tributes of flowers, candles and food were placed for the men who were allegedly killed by another homeless man as they slept. One of the mourners cried as she recalled the oldest victim, 83-year-old Chuen Kwok, always being grateful for the food she gave him. New York State asesemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou choked back tears as she spoke on the mens' deaths. "If the change isn’t now, after this, I don’t know when it is."
Advocates, at a rally Monday morning, held up a photo of Kwok. The medical examiner's office later confirmed his identity and those of two other victims: 55-year-old Nazario Vazquez Villegas and 49-year-old Anthony Manson. The fourth man was still unidentified as of Monday afternoon.
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