{"id":322562,"date":"2026-08-16T15:14:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322562\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T15:14:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T15:14:51","slug":"brooklyn-brute-sought-for-attacking-76-year-old-man-after-fender-bender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322562\/","title":{"rendered":"Brooklyn brute sought for attacking 76-year-old man after fender bender"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"530\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/IMG_5363.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"IMG_5363\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Brooklyn brute sought for attacking 76-year-old man after fender bender 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking the public to help identify a brute who attacked a senior following a fender bender in Brooklyn over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police are asking the public to help identify a brute who attacked a senior following a fender bender in Brooklyn over the weekend.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to law enforcement sources, it all happened around 5 p.m. on Saturday on the northwest corner of Midwood Street and Nostrand Avenue. Cops say a 76-year-old male driver struck an unoccupied <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amny.com\/nyc-transit\/nyc-lawmaker-bills-e-motos-electronic-motorcycles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">motorized scooter<\/a> in what they described as a minor collision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the owner of the scooter became enraged and began arguing with the elderly driver. The altercation escalated when the suspect rained down punches and kicks on the victim multiple times. The 76-year-old was treated on the scene by EMS.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the perpetrator fled on the motorized scooter, traveling westbound on Midwood Street. He was last seen wearing glasses, a white hat and a white shirt.<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this assault can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypdtips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are asking the public to help identify a brute who attacked a senior following a fender bender&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322563,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[211,98,100,99,303,118516,9,24,63,103,104,38682],"class_list":["post-322562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-assault","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-crime","tag-e-scooters","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police","tag-scooters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322562","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=322562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}