The homeless man who just slashed a woman in the neck in SoHo had been in and out of about 36 mental-health hearings for the violent 2019 robbery of a 13-year-old boy — and later slugged an NYPD worker so badly that he broke her eye socket, sources said Tuesday.
Muslim Brunson, 46, is facing charges of second-degree attempted murder, second-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree for Monday’s random horrific attack in the tony Manhattan neighborhood featuring designer shops such as Gucci and Prada, police said.
Brunson, who police say is homeless, was previously arrested several times, including in July 2022 for assaulting the female civilian Police Department worker, leaving her with the broken facial bones, law-enforcement sources said.
“When do we admit that we can’t keep giving chance after chance?” a frustrated law-enforcement source told The Post on Tuesday…