NEW YORK (GNB)- The New York Police Department (NYPD) has arrested a suspect for the brutal assault of a 65 year- old Asian woman. NYPD confirmed the arrest on Wednesday morning and said that the suspect has been charged with Felony Assault as a Hate Crime.
The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Brandon Elliot, faces several charges, including assault as a hate crime and attempted assault as a hate crime, according to the New York City Police Department.
The attack occurred on Monday at around 11:40 a.m. local time in front of an apartment building in Midtown Manhattan. Police released surveillance footage that showed a man approaching the woman on the sidewalk and kicking her in the stomach, knocking her to the ground. The man then kicks the woman in the face multiple times while making “anti-Asian statements toward her” before casually walking away, police said.
The woman suffered “serious physical injury” and was hospitalized in stable condition, according to police.
The victim was identified as Vilma Kari, a 65-year-old woman who immigrated from the Philippines, her daughter told The New York Times.
Elliot served 17 years in New York state prison after he was convicted of fatally stabbing his mother in 2002. He was released on lifetime parole in 2019, police said.
Also on Monday, another individual was captured on a cellphone video violently punching and choking an Asian American man on a subway train in Brooklyn. The New York City Police Department said it “is aware of this video and is investigating.”
Anyone with information regarding either incident was urged to call the New York City Police Department’s Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
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