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IRATE WOMAN KICKED OUT OF NYC PET STORE FOR KICKING PUPPY KENNEL ‘SLAPS THE S–T
OUT’ OF TOURIST IN BRUTAL VIDEO: ‘WELCOME TO NEW YORK’

By David Propper

Published Feb. 20, 2024, 9:03 p.m. ET

A deranged woman ferociously slapped a tourist inside a New York City pet store
over the weekend after she was told to leave for kicking puppy kennels,
according to shocking footage and cops.

The “unprovoked” attack on Saturday afternoon in Citipups in Chelsea left the
victim, a woman visiting from Texas, with a bloody nose, the store manager told
The Post as authorities were still seeking the suspect Tuesday.

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The violent slap happened on Saturday inside a Chelsea pet shop. Courtesy
Citipups

Video captured by store manager Emilio Ortiz shows the disputative woman walking
toward the exit before briefly turning to the tourist and smacking her on the
side of the face. She then appeared to spit in the direction of the victim, the
video shows. 

“As she’s walking out, she slaps the s–t out of this lady,” Ortiz told The Post
Tuesday. “Like, she slaps her really freaking hard.”

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The suspect also tried to grab a phone from a manager who was recording.
Courtesy Citipups


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Ortiz provided new surveillance footage to The Post that shows the suspect
initially causing trouble when she kicked the kennel a few times before she was
confronted by an employee.

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As she’s directed to leave, she then approached Ortiz, who was recording the
incident, and tried to slap the phone out of his hand, the footage shows.

When his co-workers interjected, she tossed an item from the counter onto the
floor as she headed toward the exit, where she carried out her sudden assault on
the out-of-towner, according to the footage and Ortiz.

“She was bleeding, she had a nosebleed, she was like really distraught because
it was her first time in New York,” Ortiz said of the victim.

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“So she was a tourist, and it’s, like, imagine being your first day in New York,
you’re just walking around all of sudden some crazy person just assaults you.”

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The incident started when the unidentified assailant began kicking a puppy
kennel. Courtesy Citipups

He called the attack “totally unprovoked.”

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The customer who was slapped hails from Texas, Ortiz said. The NYPD said she
filed a police report for assault following the incident.

Police said in an email Tuesday morning no arrest has been made.

“Her friend was there, too, and her friend called her husband, who’s a cop in
Texas, and I was kind of like tongue in cheek saying to her even if they arrest
this lady, they’re probably going to let her go tomorrow. This is the way New
York has been operating right now,” Ortiz said in reference to the Empire
State’s lax bail laws.

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No arrest has been made in the case so far, police said earlier Tuesday.
Courtesy Citipups

“And they were kind of like, ‘Oh hell no. In Texas we don’t let people get away
with that.’ And I was like ‘Well, welcome to New York.’”

He believes the suspect had “some sort of manic episode or something” during the
unsettling incident.


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