Vendor Fight Leads To Slashing – Arrests

By Theodore Parisienne               Posted – 6:05PM   Updated 07/04/18 | 2:42PM

MAYBE IT WAS THE HEAT!

37yr old vendor Shamone Brown, who police say brandished an air pistol at the older vendor before he was slashed, is seen here at City Hall Park in Manhattan on Tuesday July 3, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

A 37yr old male vendor and a 40yr old male vendor were both arrested, along with two women, after they were involved in an altercation on the walkway that runs through City Hall Park between City Hall building and the Tweed Courthouse just after 1PM in Manhattan on Tuesday.

37yr old vendor Shamone Brown, who police say brandished an air pistol at the older vendor before he was slashed, is seen here at City Hall Park in Manhattan on Tuesday July 3, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

During the altercation, the 37yr old vendor brandished what Cops described as an ‘Air Pistol’ to the 40yr old vendor, prompting the older man to whip out a knife and slash the younger man in the right shoulder. Then, according to Cops, two women joined the fray and pepper sprayed the younger man.

37yr old vendor Shamone Brown, who police say brandished an air pistol at the older vendor before he was slashed, is seen here at City Hall Park in Manhattan on Tuesday July 3, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

All four were arrested at the scene, with the wounded vendor taken first to Bellevue Hospital for treatment. Officers recovered both the knife and the Air Pistol at the scene.

An Officer provides water to the arrested 40yr old vendor Matthew Small, after he slashed 37yr old vendor Shamone Brown in the right shoulder during an argument inside City Hall Park in Manhattan on Tuesday July 3, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
40yr old vendor Matthew Small is seen here under arrest after he slashed 37yr old vendor Shamone Brown in the right shoulder during an argument inside City Hall Park in Manhattan on Tuesday July 3, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
40yr old vendor Matthew Small is seen here under arrest after he slashed 37yr old vendor Shamone Brown in the right shoulder during an argument inside City Hall Park in Manhattan on Tuesday July 3, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
20yr old Tiffany Giles was arrested after she allegedly pepper sprayed the younger man after he was slashed in Manhattan on Tuesday July 3, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
37yr old Tania Giles was arrested after she allegedly pepper sprayed the younger man after he was slashed in Manhattan on Tuesday July 3, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)

Officers at the scene where two men and two women were arrested after a dispute turned bloody inside City Hall Park in Manhattan on Tuesday July 3, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)