{"id":719429,"date":"2026-04-11T01:52:34","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T01:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/719429\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T01:52:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T01:52:34","slug":"nyc-ems-workers-attacked-while-responding-to-emergency-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/719429\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC EMS workers attacked while responding to emergency call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several EMS workers were\u00a0punched repeatedly\u00a0while responding to an emergency call in the Bronx Thursday night, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The EMTs were responding to a report of an emotionally disturbed person at an apartment building on Sedgwick Avenue in Morris Heights\u00a0around 10 p.m. when the unhinged man suddenly pummeled the first responders,\u00a0police and sources said.<\/p>\n<p>Several EMS workers were\u00a0punched repeatedly\u00a0while responding to an emergency call in the Bronx Thursday night, according to police. Dakota Santiago \/ FreedomNewsTV<\/p>\n<p>Blood inside the building on the seventh floor, where the attack happened. Kyle Mazza\/Shutterstock\u0094<\/p>\n<p>A 32-year-old EMT suffered cuts to the head, and a 20-year-old EMT was left with facial injuries,\u00a0according to police.<\/p>\n<p>Both were taken to a local hospital in stable condition, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The FDNY said two other EMS workers were also hospitalized for injuries sustained on the call.<\/p>\n<p>Police responded and arrested Jose Bencosme, 22, who lived in the building, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Police responded and took the person into custody.<\/p>\n<p>A 32-year-old EMT suffered cuts to the head a 20-year-old EMT was treated for injuries to the face, according to police.  Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>Both individuals were taken to the hospital and were listed in stable condition. Obtained by NY Post<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with two counts of felony assault, according to police.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His arraignment was pending on Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Several EMS workers were\u00a0punched repeatedly\u00a0while responding to an emergency call in the Bronx Thursday night, according to police.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":719430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,12937,4219,298682,5248,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,5305,67,586,132,5230,68,1154,2969],"class_list":["post-719429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-assaults","tag-crime","tag-emts","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-us-news","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116383576729215401","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=719429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/719429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/719430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=719429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=719429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=719429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}