Hearts Wax Cold: 75 Year Old Man Beaten Unconscious In Apparent Random Attack

A 75-year-old man was beaten unconscious in an apparently random and unprovoked attack in Greenwich Village, police say. Tracie Strahan reports. (Published 3 hours ago)

A 75-year-old man was beaten unconscious in Greenwich Village, apparently at random, and now police are searching for the two people who attacked him.

The victim was in front of a building on West 14th Street when a man punched him in the back of his head and then knocked him to the ground. The man then kicked him in the face, knocking him out, police said. A woman stood by as a lookout as the beating took place.

Police said it doesn’t appear the suspects robbed the man and no words were exchanged.

He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital with a cut to his head and was listed in stable condition.

Man, 75, Beaten in Random Attack in Greenwich Village: NYPD

A man beat a 75-year-old man in Greenwich Village as a woman stood as a lookout, police say. No items were reported stolen from the victim and the attack appears to be random. (Published Wednesday, July 13, 2016)

The NYPD asks anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS.

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