WASHINGTON — Police in Washington are asking for the public’s help after they say surveillance video captured a brutal attack on a 63-year-old man who was robbed of $1.
Surveillance video captured the incident, which happened around 5:45 p.m. on May 15, 2015 along Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, Southeast, near St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. The video shows a person wearing a red T-shirt and jeans punching another man, knocking him to the ground, before apparently robbing him.
The victim immediately falls to the ground and remains motionless for the rest of the video.
According to the police report, the victim suffered a severe laceration and was robbed of $1.
After the attack, a number of people looked and walked past the victim and did not help him.
Police hope someone recognizes the suspect in the video and calls authorities.
Anyone with information about the incident should call police at 202-727-9099. Information can also be text messaged to 50411.
Watch the surveillance video below:
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
