(DNAINFO)  Lindsay Armstrong — After the owner of an Uptown restaurant was allegedly assaulted by a resident of a nearby homeless shelter last month, locals have grown concerned about what they say is increasingly aggressive behavior from some of the men staying at the facility.

The Fort Washington Men’s Shelter on West 168th Street currently houses 200 men with mental health issues, including the one accused of attacking Coogan’s Restaurant owner Peter Walsh on July 23. Walsh said the man pushed and punched him after he refused the man’s demand for money.

While residents were upset by the incident, many said it did not come as a surprise after months of what they described as threatening behavior by a handful of shelter residents.

Source: Growing Number of Men From Uptown Shelter Menacing Neighbors, Locals Say – Washington Heights – DNAinfo.com New York