Surveillance video obtained by News 12 shows the moments a man randomly attacked an elderly woman in Brighton Beach.
Video shows a man rushing out of the Brighton Beach subway station on Aug. 31, around 9:45 a.m. – and almost immediately grabbing an item full of trash and throwing it into a 90-year-old woman on the sidewalk.
A few moments later, residents can be seen walking over to help the woman as the suspect runs off.
Police say the 90-year-old woman was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).