A man arrested for a brutal attack against an Asian woman in Manhattan this week was reportedly out on parole for stabbing his own mother to death in 2002.
Brandon Elliot, 38, was charged with murder in 2002 for stabbing his mother three times in the chest with a kitchen knife. The attack occurred in front of Elliot’s 5-year-old sister, sources told the Post. His mother died two days later.
Elliott, who lives in a homeless shelter not far from where the attack occurred, was arrested early Wednesday and charged with assault as a hate crime, police said, according to the New York Post.
He was charged with attempted assault as a hate crime, two counts of assault as a hate crime, and assault and attempted assault, the NYPD confirmed.
“He was caught on video mercilessly punching and kicking the 65-year-old victim in front of an apartment building at 360 West 43rd Street around 11:40 a.m. Monday, yelling ‘F–k you, you don’t belong here,’ according to cops and police sources,” wrote the Post.
The unprovoked, broad daylight beating of Vilma Kari who was on her way to church, drew outrage in the city known for violence.
The attack, which captured on video, drew more outrage when it appeared one of the employees in the building where it occurred shut the door. Several other men standing near the door of the building can also be seen not helping Kari. Staff members at 360 West 43rd Street were subsequently suspended, the Post reported.
Kari, who is Filipino American, suffered a broken pelvis and was taken to the hospital and released the next day.
Elliot is expected to be arraigned in Manhattan criminal court sometime on Wednesday.
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This is an excerpt from The Daily Wire.
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