A Bronx man who had four fingers chopped off by a machete-wielding nut is petrified his attacker will return — and follow through on his threat to decapitate his dog, the victim’s family told The Post on Sunday.
Tayquon Young, 34, is still recovering from the horrifying Friday morning assault, while the brute who attacked him and threatened to kill 4-year-old pup Chanel remains on the loose, his aunt said.
“Get this guy!” said the aunt, Tashemia Young. “I’m walking the dog with my husband. My husband’s walking him, too. What if the guy sees us and decides to be angry and finished decapitating [Chanel] or turns on us?
“My nephew, I’m grateful he only lost fingers, not his life,” Tashemia, 48, added. “Right now, everyone needs to be careful. No one is looking out for you. It’s like the only thing we got now is neighbor protecting neighbor.”
The shocking attack played out around 11:30 a.m. on Southern Boulevard and East 178th Street in Crotona, where Tayquon Young was walking Chanel and came across a man with another dog.
“They was playing around,” Tayquon told The Post on Saturday of the pooches. “His dog didn’t have a leash, my dog was next to me. She wasn’t biting his dog or anything. My dog was trying to play around.”
But the other dog’s owner took offense and pulled a machete, threatening to cut off Chanel’s head. When Tayquon tried to grab the blade to protect his pup, four of his fingers were severed and fell to the sidewalk.
The injured man’s aunt said bystanders did nothing as the attacker walked away.
“I’m down the block trying to find my nephew’s fingers, and the cops are out there laughing. This is not funny,” she said. “I’m tired of this. Enough is enough. My husband asked them what happened, and they were sneering and told him to ask the dog what happened.”
The NYPD, which is looking for the machete-wielding nut, did not respond to the allegations, telling The Post the family was unable to identify the officers they claim were disrespectful.
Doctors were able to reattach three of Tayquon Young’s fingers. His fourth finger has not been found.
Meanwhile, the victim’s aunt said even Chanel has been unable to get over the attack.
“Even the dog was traumatized,” she said. “I mean, you can hear all that she’s doing is crying. She misses her owner. She was the whole thing. It happened right down the block.
“The first night I had to take Chanel out, she was hesitant. Now she’s crying for her owner,” she added. “She saw it happen, and it’s traumatizing for any animal.”
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