New York police are investigating a possible hate crime after a Jewish man was allegedly hit with a paving stone in a Brooklyn park on Tuesday morning.

The suspect punched and hit a 63-year-old man with a stone in Lincoln Terrace Park around 7:40 a.m., the New York Police Department (NYPD) said Wednesday.

WANTED for ASSAULT: Do you know this guy? @NYPDHateCrimes is investigating an incident that occurred on 8/27 at around 7:40 AM, inside Lincoln Terrace Park in Brooklyn. The suspect punched the victim, then hit him with a rock. Any info, call or DM @NYPDTips at 800-577-TIPS. pic.twitter.com/hmioZMElbh — NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 28, 2019

The victim, Abraham Gopin, told New York’s CBS2 that the suspect yelled Jewish slurs at him during the incident.

“It was a hate ... he said Jew, Jew. He said something in that direction,” Gopin told the CBS affiliate. “He was for certain looking to kill. No doubt about it.”

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Gopin, who said he was jogging at the time, said the attacker “jumped towards” him and was throwing rocks “with full force” toward his head.

Gopin is in the hospital with a broken nose, missing teeth, stitches on his head and lacerations on his body, according to a tweet from his son-in-law, Benny Friedman.

He also shared graphic images from the incident, including a picture of the blood-stained tallit, the traditional prayer shawl worn by observant Jewish men.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio Bill de BlasioOVERNIGHT ENERGY: California seeks to sell only electric cars by 2035 | EPA threatens to close New York City office after Trump threats to 'anarchist' cities | House energy package sparks criticism from left and right EPA threatens to close New York City office after Trump threats to 'anarchist' cities New Year's Eve in Times Square to be largely virtual amid pandemic MORE, a Democratic presidential candidate, tweeted that police “will find the attacker.”

The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating this despicable act of violence, and we will find the attacker.



This city will stop at nothing to protect our communities from hate and violence.@BennysMusic, I wish your father-in-law a speedy recovery. https://t.co/EVSSKWF0M0 — Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) August 27, 2019

“The NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating this despicable act of violence, and we will find the attacker,” he said on Twitter. “This city will stop at nothing to protect our communities from hate and violence.”

He also wished Gopin a “speedy recovery.”

CBS2 reported that the NYPD has received 145 anti-Semitic hate crime complaints in the city this year, more than 88 received at this time last year.