Police are looking for one of two men who assaulted a 77-year-old man in Downtown Seattle in an “unprovoked attack” that sent the senior to the hospital.
Seattle police said the man was left with a head injury and possibly a broken arm. One of the attackers was arrested, but the other is still out there.
Police say the attack happened Sunday night, just before 10 p.m., near the corner of Third and Pine.
“This was an unprovoked attack,” Detective Eric Munoz of the Seattle Police Department said. “There was no lead-up to this. There was very minimal interaction.”
Det. Munoz told KIRO 7 that the attack was captured by a police surveillance camera. According to police, the footage shows the victim and the attackers walking towards each other. The victim reportedly tried to step around the attackers when one of them punched him in the face, and the other shoved him to the ground.
“This was a 77-year-old man. He got knocked down on the pavement pretty hard,” Munoz said.
Just as disturbing as the crime, Seattle police said, was how the attackers acted after it.
“They walked off, nonchalant. It’s almost like they were joking or mocking what just happened, they were replaying it,” Munoz said. “They were making fun... or making light of the scenario based on their body language as the victim was lying on the ground bleeding and clearly in serious pain.”
Officers found the senior bleeding from a head injury with a possible broken arm. He was treated at the scene and taken to the hospital.
A security guard reportedly pointed out one of the attackers, a 29-year-old man, who was arrested that night.
SPD said officers are now on the lookout for the second suspect, who was clearly captured by the camera.
“This individual has a particular look, a particular gait,” Munoz said. “If I were to see this individual, I would have probable cause to arrest him.”
SPD said the arrested attacker was booked into jail for felony assault.
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