New York City Police Department officials announced the arrest of a suspect seen on video shoving a 92-year-old woman in what appears to be a random attack.
The incident took place on Friday in Manhattan, and video footage shows the woman traveling on the sidewalk before a man goes in the opposite direction. When he passes the woman, he appears to hit her in the face with his left hand, causing the woman to topple over.
The suspect then continues to walk in the opposite direction and turns around to see the woman lying on the ground.
“I’m frightened to tears,” the unnamed woman told the ABC affiliate. “I’m not going to walk there on my own, and it’s very upsetting. It’s very upsetting.”
The woman said she hit a fire hydrant after falling to the ground.
“I thought it was a brick or something like that,” she said. “Hit me on the right scalp, on the right side of my head, and of course I fell down on the street. There were a couple of young women there. They helped me up. They said, ‘I’m going to call an ambulance.’”
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