{"id":77974,"date":"2025-12-22T15:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/77974\/"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:12:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T15:12:10","slug":"brute-punches-senior-in-brooklyn-cops-amnewyork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/77974\/","title":{"rendered":"Brute punches senior in Brooklyn: cops \u2013 amNewYork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"480\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_3590.jpg\" class=\"crop-top wp-post-image\" alt=\"Suspect who punched Brooklyn senior\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Brute punches senior in Brooklyn: cops 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Police are on the hunt for a brute who punched a 68-year-old man in Brooklyn earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Police are on the hunt for a brute who punched a 68-year-old man in <a href=\"http:\/\/amny.com\/brooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn<\/a> earlier this month.\n<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, the incident unfolded at around 11 a.m. on Dec. 7 directly outside of 315 58th St. in Sunset Park. Cops say the victim engaged in a verbal dispute with the suspect just prior to the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources said the perpetrator launched a punch that struck the senior\u2019s face before he fled the location.\n<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported to the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd72pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">72nd Precinct<\/a>. The victim suffered pain and redness to his face but ultimately refused medical attention.\n<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was caught on surveillance video wearing a large black hooded coat and pushing a bicycle. Cops are asking anyone who knows him to come forward.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding the suspect\u2019s whereabouts can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"http:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org<\/a>, or on X (formerly Twitter) <a href=\"http:\/\/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":"Police are on the hunt for a brute who punched a 68-year-old man in Brooklyn earlier this month.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77975,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[25118,98,38817,100,99,303,9,24,63,103,38818],"class_list":["post-77974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-72-precinct","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-assault","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-crime","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-senior-assaulted"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77974","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=77974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77974\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77975"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}