Senior citizen assaulted inside Burger King in Downtown Brooklyn

Police are looking for this man accused of assaulting a senior citizen on Fulton Street and injuring her. Photo: NYPD

DOWNTOWN — POLICE ARE LOOKING for a man who allegedly assaulted a 76-year-old woman standing inside a Burger King restaurant at 417 Fulton St. near Pearl Street in Downtown Brooklyn on Tuesday, Nov. 18 around 4:29 p.m. Police said the unknown man approached the victim and shoved her to the ground, then fled on foot. The woman sustained injuries to her lower extremities and was transported by EMS to NYU Langone Health-Cobble Hill in stable condition.

The suspect is described as having a dark complexion and slim build, and was last seen wearing a black backpack, a gray head covering, a black jacket, a red shirt, black pants and black and yellow sneakers. A surveillance photo shows him with a mustache and beard.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782), on X @NYPDTips, or by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at crimestoppers.nypdonline.org

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