[NEWYORK.CBSLOCAL] The search for a suspect continues in what police called "an unprovoked attack" on an 83-year-old man in the Bronx.Valentine Hernandez had just crossed Westchester Avenue at Fox Street Monday afternoon when police said he was sucker punched by a much younger and much larger man.
The entire incident was captured on surveillance video.
| And what did the video tell those who saw it, other than the size and age of the assailant? |
Miguel Santos is now desperate to speak to his elderly father, who is at death's door in Lincoln Hospital.
"Never seen him that way. He was just there unconscious," he said. "It seems like he’s trying to wake up but he can’t. He can’t open his eyes, can’t open his left eye at all. It’s swollen shut."
Hernandez has lived in the Longwood section of the Bronx for decades and was walking his usual route around the neighborhood.
"If he can, goes to church five, six, seven days a week," Santos said. "He goes every single day and he walks himself. He doesn’t have an aide."
What has both Miguel and Sherlocks confused is the motive behind this brutal attack.
"Everything is still here, even cash was still in his pocket,’ said Santos. "Everything is still here, credit cards."
Police say the attacker didn’t say a word before knocking Hernandez unconscious, leaving him in the street. He then fled eastbound on Fox Street.