Overview
- Officers responded around 4:35 a.m. Monday to the SIXTY LES hotel on Manhattan’s Lower East Side after a 911 call reporting an assault.
- Police were told four unidentified individuals punched a 24-year-old man following a verbal dispute before fleeing the scene.
- The Browns said Ronnie Hickman was taken to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition, treated for minor injuries, released, and is now resting at home.
- No arrests have been announced and the NYPD investigation remains active, with the motive not yet determined.
- Media accounts differ on whether the assailants recognized Hickman as an NFL player, and he has not issued a public statement.