82-Year-Old Woman Viciously Beaten by Couple in Bronx

Elderly Woman Slammed to the Ground in Apparent Random Attack 

The NYPD is searching for a man and a woman in a vicious unprovoked attack on an 82-year-old woman. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Bronx Voice 

August 9, 2024 

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BRONX - Cops are looking for a man and woman who viciously slammed an elderly woman to the ground and then stomped on her during an apparent random attack near the Gun Hill Road train station.

At around 7 pm on August 2, an 82-year-old woman was walking on E. 212 Street and White Plains Road. Cops said out of nowhere a man and woman approached the senior and then attacked. 

The pair began punching the elderly woman and then slammed her to the ground. While the octogenarian lay helpless on the sidewalk, the attackers began stomping on her throughout her body.  The attackers then casually walked eastbound on E. 212th Street towards Holland Avenue. 

The victim was rushed to Jacobi Medical Center where she its listed in stable condition. 

There appears to be no evidence that this was a robbery. 

The NYPD released surveillance video of the alleged attackers. 

The first suspect is described as a male with a medium build and a dark complexion. He was last seen wearing a white polo shirt, blue shorts, and grey and black sneakers. 

The second suspect is described as a female with a medium build and a medium complexion. She was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, black shorts, white sneakers, and carrying a black cross-body bag.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips.

All calls are strictly confidential.