The deranged man who slashed a 24-year-old Whole Foods employee in the face on Wednesday also sliced another young woman on New Year’s Day, Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce said Thursday.
A 28-year-old woman was walking into her South Bronx apartment building around 9 p.m., when Kari Bazemore allegedly ran up to her and slashed her on the left side of her face with a sharp object, law enforcement sources said.
Bazemore was finally identified as the attacker after he was arrested for slashing 24-year-old Amanda Morris in Chelsea on Wednesday.
“Prior to that we had no video on that case to identify him,” Boyce said.
Bazemore also assaulted a 32-year-old woman on Dec. 30, punching her in the face as she was walking on Sixth Avenue between 11th Street and 12th Street.
On Wednesday, a civilian who had seen Bazemore’s red jacket on TV spotted the deranged man while walking on Fifth Avenue.
“He sees an individual wearing this jacket and acting somewhat irrationally,” Boyce said. “He immediately went over and alerted this behavior of this individual to two mounted cops.”
Bazemore was arrested and charged with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said.
“He has no public record of any kind of mental disease,” Boyce said, adding that family members told cops he does have psych issues.
Video: Bazemore in police custody
Credit: Georgett Roberts