Crime & Safety
Video: 76-Year-Old Shoved To Ground By Brooklyn Driver, Cops Say
The driver got out of his SUV after the 76-year-old told him to stop honking his horn, police said. He was taken to the hospital.
BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Police are asking the public's help to find a man who shoved a 76-year-old to the ground in Bed-Stuy earlier this summer.
The man, who was driving his white SUV near Broadway and Sumner Place on July 14, got out of his car after the 76-year-old told him to stop honking his horn, police said.
He was caught on video confronting the elderly man and shoving him against a wall and to the ground, according to police and video.
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The 76-year-old was taken to the hospital with a leg injury after the incident.
Police released video and surveillance photos from the incident:
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Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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