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Stranger beats 12-year-old NYC boy with crutch in random attack: video
An unhinged man beat a 12-year-old boy with a single crutch in an unprovoked Brooklyn attack as the youngster headed to school, shocking new video shows.
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Stranger beats 12-year-old NYC boy with crutch in random attack: video
By
Amanda Woods
November 23, 2022 10:33am
Updated
An unhinged man randomly attacked a 12-year-old boy heading to school in Brooklyn — beating the youngster in the head with a crutch, shocking new video shows.
The boy was near the corner of St. Paul’s Place and St. Paul’s Court in Prospect Park last week when a stranger ran across the street and hit him with it twice with a single crutch, according to the NYPD and video they released early Wednesday.
As the maniac swung a third time, the pre-teen ran off, avoiding getting hit again.
Cops say the assailant picked the crutch up off the ground, possibly from a pile of trash, and was hanging out mid-block before he pounced on the unsuspecting kid.
He mumbled something incomprehensible during the unprovoked Nov. 17 attack, cops said.
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The fiend calmly walked off after the assault, ditching the crutch on the sidewalk as he headed north on St. Paul’s Place.
A maniac bludgeoned a 12-year-old boy with a cane in an unprovoked attack as he headed to school on Thursday, cops said. NYPD The suspect struck the youngster twice, and swung at him a third time but missed, NYPD footage shows.NYPD
The victim suffered minor head injuries and was taken to a local urgent care in stable condition. He had been heading to the Church Avenue B and Q train station at the time of the attack.
The suspect was still on the loose Wednesday morning.
He is described as a male with dark complexion, a medium build and a beard. He was last seen wearing a black winter hat, a black jacket with a yellow hood, blue jeans and black sneakers.