Crime & Safety
Man Suffers Brain Injury, Drops Baby During Attack: Police
Phoenix police are asking for the public's help in their search for a man and an SUV in connection with the attack.
PHOENIX, AZ — Phoenix police are asking for the public's help identifying a man in connection with an attack that left a 23-year-old man with a serious brain injury and caused him to drop the baby he was holding.
Police are looking for a 6-foot-2, 220-pound Black man between 20 to 30 years old who was wearing a hat, red bandana, camouflage shirt and shorts.
Police are also looking for a white Ford SUV.
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The victim, who was not identified, was involved in a collision the afternoon of Aug. 3 in the 700 block of East Indian School Road, police said. The victim was exchanging information with the other driver when a third man walked up and punched him several times, Phoenix police said in a news release.
The third man knocked the victim unconscious, causing him to drop the baby he was holding, police said. The baby suffered minor injuries.
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The third man also punched the victim's pregnant wife, police said.
Anyone with information about the case was asked to call Silent Witness at 480-948-6377 or leave an anonymous tip on the Silent Witness website.
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