New York Man Attacked "Because You Look Like Shia LaBeouf"

Mario Licato, 26, was sucker punched around 8 p.m. on his way to a show on the Lower East Side because it seems he too closely resembles Shia LaBeouf The suspect told Licato, the attack happened because you look like Shia LaBeouf" police said, citing the report This was not the first time Licato has been mistaken for LaBeouf but never has it ended in violence, he told the Gothamist "I wanna know what Shia LaBeouf did to him that he punched somebody that looks like him He must have did something so mean", Licato told Gothamist