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Video: Unprovoked Attack On Elderly Man In San Francisco; Police Seek Public's Help

Surveillance video showed the male suspect wielding an unknown object and striking the victim on the head.

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A man in a black hoodie strikes an elderly man walking with a cane on Natoma St. near New Montgomery St. in San Francisco, January 8, 2023.
A man in a black hoodie strikes an elderly man walking with a cane on Natoma St. near New Montgomery St. in San Francisco, January 8, 2023. (CBS/SFPD)

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January 25, 2023

Police in San Francisco were seeking the public's help in finding the person who assaulted an elderly man in an unprovoked attack in an alley South of Market.

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The attack happened on Jan. 8 on Natoma Street near New Montgomery Street at about 7:39 a.m. San Francisco police on Tuesday released surveillance video showing the attack.

The victim, a 78-year-old male, told officers he was walking on Natoma when an unknown person shoved him with enough force to knock him to the ground, leaving him unable to stand up.

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