Actor Michael Stuhlbarg hit in again of the neck with rock whereas in Central Park, chased his alleged attacker

Actor Michael Stuhlbarg, recognized for the film “Name Me by Your Identify” and TV’s “Boardwalk Empire,” was hit at the back of the neck with a rock Sunday night time whereas in New York, in accordance with police.

Police responded round 7:45 p.m. ET Sunday to a “name of an assault in progress within the neighborhood of ninetieth Avenue and East Drive” close to the reservoir in Central Park to discover a man, 55, who “was struck within the head by an unknown object.”

“A preliminary investigation decided {that a} 27-year-old male threw a rock, placing the sufferer at the back of the neck, inflicting an abrasion,” the New York Metropolis Police Division mentioned in an electronic mail to CNN on Monday.

“The sufferer chased the 27-year-old male to the entrance of 9 East 91st Avenue the place uniformed officers took the 27-year-old male into custody with out additional incident. The sufferer refused medical consideration on the scene,” NYPD added.

A regulation enforcement official confirmed Stuhlbarg was the sufferer hit with a rock to CNN on Monday.

CNN has reached out to representatives for Stuhlbarg.

The actor has virtually 60 credit to his identify, together with 2018 greatest image Oscar winner “The Form of Water,” 2016’s “Arrival” and the Amazon Prime sequence “Clear.” He performed Arnold Rothstein throughout the primary 4 seasons of HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” (HBO, like CNN, is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.)

The suspect, Xavier Israel, who was arraigned Monday, is going through an assault cost according to court docket information.

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