{"id":333580,"date":"2026-07-08T21:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333580\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T21:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T21:22:09","slug":"fort-lauderdale-police-release-video-of-culprit-who-they-say-attacked-mother-12-year-old-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/333580\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale police release video of culprit who they say attacked mother, 12-year-old son"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.  \u2014 Fort Lauderdale police on Wednesday released surveillance video of an individual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/07\/mother-12-year-old-son-attacked-with-blunt-object-while-walking-in-fort-lauderdale-police-say\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/news\/local\/2026\/07\/07\/mother-12-year-old-son-attacked-with-blunt-object-while-walking-in-fort-lauderdale-police-say\/\">who they say is wanted in the violent attack of a woman and her 12-year-old son<\/a> and announced a reward for information that leads to his arrest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/07\/08\/policia-de-fort-lauderdale-divulga-video-de-sujeto-que-segun-las-autoridades-ataco-a-madre-y-a-su-hijo-de-12-anos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/07\/08\/policia-de-fort-lauderdale-divulga-video-de-sujeto-que-segun-las-autoridades-ataco-a-madre-y-a-su-hijo-de-12-anos\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said the attack happened around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 1000 block of Northwest Fifth Avenue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Investigators are asking anyone who recognizes the individual shown in the video above or picture below to come forward.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/VQPLCOWLT5FVBKHTS3GQK3IMPE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/>Police seek man accused of hitting woman, her son with stick while they were walking in Fort Lauderdale. (FLPD) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The mother on Wednesday told Local 10 News that she was walking her son, who has autism and is nonverbal, to a school bus stop when a man approached from behind and attacked him with what she described as a heavy, mallet-like object.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She said she stepped in to protect her son and was then struck in the head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSome guy just comes behind us, out the blue. My son is non-verbal, he\u2019s disabled \u2013 that\u2019s sad,\u201d the woman, who identified herself only as Chrissy, said on Tuesday. \u201cHe just comes and tells him something and attacks him, and then I had to intercept and get in front (of him) and then he attacks me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Police said the woman suffered a cut to the back of her head, while the boy suffered an abrasion to his face. Both were taken to Broward Health Medical Center for treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Chrissy later told Local 10 News her son also suffered internal damage to one of his eyes but is not blind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The culprit fled before officers arrived, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Detectives asked anyone with information about the culprit or the attack to contact Detective Leon Pabon of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department\u2019s Violent Crimes Unit at 954-828-4675. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Anonymous tips can also be submitted to Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477. A reward of up to $5,000 is being offered for information leading to the culprit\u2019s identification.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. \u2014 Fort Lauderdale police on Wednesday released surveillance video of an individual who they say&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-333580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}