Males — just 13 and 14 years old — arrested after brutal, broad-daylight beating of 62-year-man whose tooth was knocked out



New York City police arrested two males — just 13 and 14 years old — in connection with a brutal, broad-daylight beating last month of a 62-year-man whose tooth was knocked out.

The NYPD announced the arrests Thursday, the Staten Island Advance reported, adding that the two juveniles both were charged with assault with intent to cause physical injury.

'The point is that it could have been anybody’s grandfather or grandmother just walking down the street minding their own business, and they’re assaulted, and that is just intolerable.'

The attack took place around 6:20 p.m. July 15 in Staten Island, the Advance said.

Surveillance video shows the moments prior to the attack. In the clip, nine individuals — all of whom appear to be males — are seen following the lone victim on a sidewalk. At one point, one of them appears to make physical contact with the victim, who quickly turns around.

The group continues following the victim, who soon takes off running across the street — and another attacker takes a swing at the victim. The group continues to chase after the victim, who is shoved from behind — and at that point, the victim and the group are out of the video frame. An ambulance soon is seen arriving.

Police said the assailants punched the victim and shoved him to the ground, the Advance reported, and the victim lost a tooth, suffered minor cuts, and was taken a hospital.

The Advance in a previous story said Good Samaritans stepped in to break up the attack.

“His mouth is all messed up. He was blindsided and kicked all over his body,” a relative of the victim who requested anonymity told the paper. “He fell flat on his face, not expecting anybody to hit him.”

A third Advance story noted that the attack cost the victim about $5,000 in medical expenses, according to the victim's family members.

Borough President Vito Fossella spoke to the paper about the attack.

“The most important thing that the government can do, the most important thing that we share on Staten Island, is that innocent people shouldn’t be abused [or] assaulted," Fossella told the Advance, adding that “I saw a video of a pack of what appeared to be young people, who have gotten off a bus, walking up and down Clove Road for a few minutes. They antagonized and ultimately assaulted an individual who ended up in the hospital.”

Fossella also told the paper that the victim "was just minding his business on a beautiful summer night, walking down the street, [and] he ended up surrounded by a pack of individuals" and that the victim in the process of running across the street away from the group "could have gotten killed, hit by a car.”

Fossella also told the Advance that "the point is that it could have been anybody’s grandfather or grandmother just walking down the street minding their own business, and they’re assaulted, and that is just intolerable.”

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2 Texas juveniles charged, one with capital murder, for senselessly gunning down 62-year-old grandmother as she tried to run away



Two Houston teenagers have been charged with murder in the killing of a defenseless elderly woman outside a gym earlier this year.

The Houston Police Department announced in a news release Thursday that charges have been filed against two suspects in the killing of 62-year-old Elsa Mikeska, which occurred June 17. Because the suspects are both juveniles, their names have not been released to the public.

Police arrested the first suspect, a 16-year-old male, on June 25, roughly a week after the crime was committed, KHOU-TV reported. A second suspect was arrested and charged this week. His exact age and identity have been concealed.

According to police, Mikeska parked her vehicle in a gym parking lot early in the morning hours of June 17. Moments later, the suspects parked an SUV nearby and exited the vehicle to approach her.

"As Mikeska walked toward the gym entrance, the suspects appeared to call out to her. Mikeska, realizing they were attempting to rob her, then ran towards the gym," police said in the news release. "One of the suspects fired one time, striking Mikeska who collapsed near the gym entrance. The suspects then got back into their SUV and fled the scene southbound on Beamer Road."

Police noted that suspects were originally described as "possibly Hispanic males in their early 20s." But later information revealed the assailants were much younger.

The crime was caught on surveillance video and posted by Houston police in June so that members of the public could come forward with information about the suspects.

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KHOU reported that the first suspect arrested was referred to Harris County Juvenile Probation authorities on charges of capital murder. Details about the second suspect's murder charge was not immediately clear.

TheBlaze reached out to the Harris County District Attorney's office for more information on the charges but did not receive a reply in time for publication.

Houston police added that both murder suspects, and a third suspect who was in the SUV with them, were also involved in an aggravated robbery about one hour before the incident. According to the victim in the robbery, the suspects attempted to steal her vehicle but were not successful because it was inoperable.

All three juveniles have also been referred to probation authorities on aggravated robbery charges.

Mikeska, a great-grandmother, was described as a regular at the gym where she was shot. She is remembered for her passion for family, faith, and friends. Mikeska leaves behind her husband of 29 years, Steven Mikeska, and their three daughters.

Her senseless killing shocked Houston and kickstarted further calls for curbing violent crime. Here's more on the story:

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