NYPD arrested the suspect that beat a 65-year-old Asian woman on Monday morning. Brandon Elliot, 38, was charged with assault as a hate crime and attempted assault as a hate crime.
Elliot was convicted of murdering his own mother back in 2002, according to a police spokesperson.
Surveillance video shows a man, who police say ”made anti-Asian statements,” repeatedly kicking and stomping a 65-year-old woman in New York City on Monday.
Warning, graphic video: another angle of a 65-year-old Asian woman being brutally attacked on W 43rd st yesterday… police still looking for the attacker. The people who work in the building and did nothing to help her have been suspended. @NY1 pic.twitter.com/zrT4FICM7I
— Lindsay Tuchman (@LindsayTuchman) March 30, 2021
The woman Elliot physically assaulted was released from the hospital on Tuesday after being treated for serious injuries, according to NBC New York.
