A creep randomly punched a 69-year-old Asian lady strolling in Chelsea on Sunday morning — and cops are investigating the assault as a attainable hate crime, in line with the NYPD and law-enforcement sources.
The sufferer was strolling in the wrong way of her attacker on the intersection of West nineteenth Avenue and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan when he slugged her unprovoked within the abdomen, sources stated.
The lady was rushed to Lenox Well being Greenwich Village, whereas her assailant fled westbound on nineteenth Avenue on foot, sources stated.
The sufferer was of Asian heritage, sources stated.
Legislation-enforcement sources stated the assault has been deemed a attainable bias assault and that the NYPD’s Hate Crimes Process Pressure is investigating.
