Unknown victim in Spingville, NY

SPRINGVILLE, N.Y. (WIVB) - Sheriff's Deputies say an attack near a Springville bar is a hate crime. They've arrested a suspect.

Erie County Sheriff's Deputies say the assault suspect couldn't hide from a private surveillance camera.

Not only did the camera capture the assault, but it also captured a clear image of suspect, which helped deputies recognize him, and take him into custody.

It was two o'clock Friday morning when violence erupted on a Springville street.

We're told a man in the white T-shirt and dark colored hat followed another man out of the Casey's Bar on East Main Street and they crossed the road. After some sort of confrontation, the suspect walks back near Casey's Bar. He speaks with two other men. He paces the sidewalk for a while. Then he crosses the street a second time. That's when the violent assault took place.

Camera owner: "I saw pushing and shoving and fists flying and what looked like kicking."

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