A maniac allegedly shoved an 85-year-old woman to the ground \u2013 leaving her unconscious with a brain bleed in an unprovoked attack as she stepped off a bus in Manhattan this week, authorities and sources said.<\/p>\n
The senior was getting off a bus at East 16th Street and Union Square East around 12:25 p.m. Monday when a much-younger woman \u2013 later identified as Paris Valentine, 29 \u2013 \u201caggressively\u201d knocked her to the pavement, according to a criminal complaint.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Valentine, who did not know the victim and was not on the bus with her, said nothing before callously shoving the senior, law enforcement sources said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paris Valentine, 29, allegedly said nothing before callously shoving the 85-year-old woman who had just gotten off a bus near Union Square, cops and sources said. LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n
The gravely wounded octogenarian was not able to get up after the fall, and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was listed in critical but stable condition \u2013 and has yet to regain consciousness, according to cops and prosecutors.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The brutal attack left the woman with swelling, redness and bleeding \u2013 with a piece of her scalp left hanging off the right side of her head, according to the court doc.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Valentine was arrested at the scene and charged with first and second-degree assault, both felonies, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She was ordered held without bail \u2013 as requested by prosecutors \u2013 and will reappear in court Friday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The attack came days after a buff, shirtless man allegedly punched a 72-year-old man, knocking him to the ground in Brownsville, cops said. NYPD<\/p>\n
Valentine has one prior arrest, for allegedly threatening a 28-year-old male neighbor with a Taser following a dispute in Bedford-Stuyvesant, cops said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Manhattan attack came just days after a shirtless, muscular maniac allegedly pummeled a 72-year-old man at random as he walked in Brooklyn on Thursday, cops said.<\/p>\n
The brute punched the senior multiple times on Chester Street near Pitkin Avenue in Brownsville around noon, causing him to fall and hit his head, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Brooklyn attacker has not yet been caught, cops said. Google Maps<\/p>\n
The victim was taken to Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition, police said.<\/p>\n
The two men did not know each other, and the buff assailant \u2013 pictured in surveillance images \u2013 said nothing to him, according to law enforcement sources.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Police are still looking to track him down.\u00a0<\/p>\n