{"id":186314,"date":"2026-04-05T12:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186314\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:30:08","slug":"brute-chases-down-senior-near-barclays-center-in-brooklyn-fractures-his-jaw-with-punch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/186314\/","title":{"rendered":"Brute chases down senior near Barclays Center in Brooklyn, fractures his jaw with punch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"268\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/802-26-Assault-78-Pct-03-31-26-Photo.jpg\" class=\"crop-top wp-post-image\" alt=\"802-26 Assault 78 Pct 03-31-26 Photo\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" title=\"Brute chases down senior near Barclays Center in Brooklyn, fractures his jaw with punch 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Photo of a suspect who allegedly assaulted a man in Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police are looking for a brute who allegedly punched and hospitalized a senior in Brooklyn during a brutal assault last week.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to authorities, the incident unfolded near Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue not far from the Barclays Center at around 12:25 a.m. on March 31. Cops said a 68-year-old man was approached by the suspect and initiated a verbal dispute. When the senior attempted to flee, the assailant chased him down and punched him in the face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The victim was sent tumbling to the ground, causing him to suffer several lacerations and a fracture to the jaw. EMS rushed him to Methodist Hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-137841688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Screenshot-2026-04-05-at-7.54.06-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"732\" title=\"Brute chases down senior near Barclays Center in Brooklyn, fractures his jaw with punch 2\"  \/>According to authorities, the incident unfolded near Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue at around 12:25 a.m. on March 31.Google streetview<\/p>\n<p>The perpetrator was last seen wearing a red shirt with blue jeans.\u00a0 So far no arrests have been made, but the investigation remains ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Felony assaults are up in the confines of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/site\/nypd\/bureaus\/patrol\/precincts\/78th-precinct.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">78th Precinct<\/a>, where this attack took place. According to the latest NYPD data, as of April 1, there have been 46 incidents of felony assault so far this year, 21.1% higher than the same time in 2025. The incident comes just three days after Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/politics\/mamdani-100-days-04022026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">decline in major crimes<\/a> across the city.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Police have released surveillance images of the suspect and are asking the public to come forward if they recognize him.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the assault can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org,\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org,<\/a>\u00a0or on X (formerly Twitter)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo of a suspect who allegedly assaulted a man in Brooklyn. NYPD &#13; &#13; Police are looking for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186315,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[74749,211,98,100,99,303,9,24,63,103,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-186314","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-78-precinct","9":"tag-assault","10":"tag-brooklyn","11":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","12":"tag-brooklyn-news","13":"tag-crime","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-nyc","17":"tag-nypd","18":"tag-police"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}