Steve Buscemi is doing well after the actor was attacked while walking in New York City

A spokesperson for the actor confirmed that Steve Buscemi was the victim of an attack in New York City earlier this week.

The “Boardwalk Empire” star was attacked on Wednesday while walking in New York City’s Kips Bay neighborhood, Buscemi’s spokesperson told USA TODAY in an email on Sunday. Buscemi was punched in the face by an unknown person.

“Steve Buscemi was attacked in Midtown Manhattan, another victim of a random act of violence in the city,” the spokesperson said. “He is doing well and is grateful for everyone’s well wishes, although it is incredibly sad for everyone that this happened to him while simultaneously walking the streets (of New York).”

Buscemi’s attacker fled the scene and has yet to be arrested by authorities, police told the New York Post. The actor was reportedly taken to the hospital after the attack and treated for “swelling of the face and left eye.”

USA TODAY has reached out to the New York Police Department for comment.

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Steve Buscemi’s co-star Michael Stuhlbarg is also said to have been attacked in New York City

Michael Stuhlbarg, who starred alongside Buscemi in the HBO crime drama “Boardwalk Empire,” was allegedly the victim of an attack in New York City in late March.

Police responded to an assault in progress on March 31 after a 55-year-old man was walking near 90th Street and East Drive when “he was struck in the head by an unknown object,” the New York Police Department confirmed in a statement to USA TODAY at the time.

According to reports from CNN and the New York Times, the victim was Stuhlbarg.

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Authorities said a preliminary investigation showed that a 27-year-old man named Xavier Israel threw a rock at Stuhlbarg, striking him in the neck and causing an abrasion. The actor then “chased” Israel to 9 East 91st Street, where officers arrested the alleged attacker, police said. Stuhlbarg “refused medical attention at the scene,” police also said. Israel was charged with assault.

The incident occurred before Stuhlbarg was scheduled to perform in the Broadway show “Patriots.” The actor took the stage as scheduled on April 1, just one day after the attack.

Contributor: Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY

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