Police say a man walked into Seaport Buffet on Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday and began attacking unsuspecting victims with a hammer. The frenzy sent customers and workers fleeing for their lives.
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Some of them ran into Randazzo's Clam Bar across the street to seek shelter.
"We let them in and they said a guy came in crazy with a hammer and started hammering random people," said owner Samantha Randazzo. "One of the workers came in here and said he started screaming and went crazy."
Officials say the 34-year old chef, Fufai Pun, was killed.
The restaurant's owner and manager, aged 50 and 60, were taken to NYU Langone-Brooklyn Hospital.
Calls for help were immediate. Eyewitnesses said they saw the attacker flee into the parking lot behind the restaurant, but he didn't get far.
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"He was screaming crazy words, like 'I'm killing everybody.' He was just screaming crazy things," Randazzo said. "They said he went in a city uniform and he came in and just went crazy."
The 34-year-old suspect was taken into custody on 19th Street and Emmons Avenue, about two blocks from the restaurant. Charges are pending.
He will undergo a psychiatric evaluation. It appears to have been an unprovoked attack, investigators said.
A hammer was recovered at the scene.