Police are searching for a pair of males who allegedly compelled their method inside an 87-year-old’s Bronx condo, then pistol-whipped and robbed him, leaving him bloodied and bruised — however not too shaken to share his story.
The assault occurred on the Mitchel Homes in Mott Haven. The sufferer, who didn’t want to share his id, mentioned it began with a knock on the door.
He thought it could be his insurance coverage firm was delivering a lot wanted assist for his injured again. He peered by the peephole and noticed an envelope, main him to consider it was somebody from his insurance coverage firm delivering paperwork.
“At the time I opened the door. He pushed me over here to the bed,” he advised NBC New York.
The sufferer mentioned he tried to defend himself, however his weathered arms put up no protection. The robbers overpowered him.
“He say, ‘No move, no move,'” the sufferer recalled.
He mentioned the 2 stored demanding the identical factor.
“I got no money. He say, ‘Where the money?'” he mentioned.
The octogenarian pleaded with them to cease the vicious beating, however they continued demanding cash from him. Relentless, the strangers ransacked the common-or-garden condo searching for money, then emptyhanded and pissed off.
“I got no money. I got no money. No dinero,” the sufferer mentioned.
Police mentioned one of many guys then pistol whipped the person. The sufferer wanted a number of stitches to closed the wounded on his head.
“Lot of blood come out, lot of blood,” he mentioned.
Together with his cat Elliot in a single hand and a screwdriver within the different for defense, the person is frightened the attackers will return.
“I be afraid every time I go there,” mentioned the person.
The robbers took his pockets, money and a cellphone. Police mentioned they had been final seen taking off in a 2018 black Honda SUV.
