Rick Moranis Attacked In NY

Rick Moranis was attacked in NY.

• The unprovoked attack of the Spaceballs star comes after a series of headlines this summer about young people crossing paths with older folks in New York and suddenly punching them in the head.

• On May 31, ABC 7 in New York reported that a 66-year-old woman was punched in the head by a man who looked to be in his 30s at a Subway Station, knocking her to the ground. The attack caused her “pain and bruising to her head and right knee,” according to ABC 7.

• According to the NY Post, a 78-year-old woman was punched in the head by a man she was walking past on Broadway on June 10 at about 5 pm. The woman stumbled and fell over.

• On June 12 a 92-year-old woman was punched in the head as she walked passed a man and she fell and hit her head on a fire hydrant, according to NBC New York. In that case, police arrested a Bronx man named Rashid Brimmage, 31, NBC NY reported.

• In August an 81-year-old man was slashed in the face while collecting cans in the Bronx, CBS NY reported. According to the news station, a woman and two men were captured on video approaching the man, then one of them cut his face and they all ran away, “The man was hospitalized with a deep laceration, but was listed in stable condition,” CBS NY reported.

• And yet another attack on a 71-year-old woman happened on September 19 when a man punched her in the face as the two crossed paths, leaving the woman with a broken jaw and cuts on the face that required stitches, Fox 5 NY reported. In that case, a young suspect was arrested on October 1 according to NYPD.

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