MALBA, Queens (WABC) — From the dangerous donuts to the neighborhood security guard's car taken and set on fire, one neighborhood in Malba, Queens, near Whitestone was the center of a violent car meetup early Sunday morning.
One homeowner's arm is in a sling after getting attacked while on his front lawn by at least five to 10 of the 100 street takeover participants and onlookers. He suffered a fractured shoulder, fractured ribs and a fractured bone in his face.
"There was probably 4 to 5 cars in front of my house with multiple kids and all starting to walk on the property and on the grass and what have you and they were congregating," he said.
After asking them to leave, he says the group started to surround him.
"I was trying to watch my back because I knew there was people behind me and the next thing I knew…all of a sudden they just stopped," he adds.
Other neighbors are deeply disturbed.
"My friend got hurt. He's the one that lives down there. He's the one that lives down there. He got beat up pretty bad and it's terrible. We don't need that in this neighborhood," said Larry Rusch.
The quiet, upscale community was flooded by young strangers in a matter of minutes.
"One guy was carrying a big, big black flag with white writing on it and said we're from the Bronx and this is how we do things in the Bronx," said councilwoman Vickie Paladino.
As for the injured neighbor, he says the police response was too slow.
"I have great respect but this unfortunately someone dropped the ball," I have great respect, but unfortunately someone dropped the ball," he says.
NYPD detectives returned to the neighborhood on Monday, canvassing the neighborhood for evidence to hopefully lead to making some arrests.
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