The San Francisco Police Department ?SFPD, for its acronym in English? continues to search for a subject who unreasonably attacked a 79-year-old woman of Asian origin, when he kicked her in the stomach while getting on a Muni bus.
And it is that, this past Saturday, December 3, at approximately 11:21 a.m., San Francisco police officers from Northern Station responded to the area of Geary Boulevard and Laguna Street for a report of an assault on a Muni bus.
When officers arrived on scene, they located a 79-year-old female victim who had been assaulted.
The victim was boarding the 38 Line bus at Geary Boulevard and Laguna Street when an unknown male suspect, in an unprovoked attack, kicked the victim in the abdomen with enough force to knock her to the ground. The victim hit her head on a railing as she fell while the attacker fled the scene on foot.
Officers rendered assistance and called medics to the scene, who transported the victim to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
While the victim was referred, police officers conducted an investigation at the scene of the attack and located witnesses and surveillance of the incident.
The SFPD General Labor unit took over the investigation and continues to seek the public's help in identifying and locating the suspect involved in the attack.
The suspect is described as a black man in his 20s or 30s. He is approximately 5'11 with dark hair and dark facial hair. He was last seen wearing a burgundy hooded sweater and black pants.
Anyone with information about this incident can contact the SFPD through the 24-hour tip line at 1-415-575-4444, or text TIP411, help can also be in-person. anonymous.
In an exclusive interview with ABC7 News host Dion Lim, the victim described how it all happened in a matter of seconds.
"I'm getting on the bus, I need to scan my Clipper. I saw him stand up, he kicked me with his foot. In the stomach," he said.
He also explained that although he has taken the bus again, he now prays to God that he "gets home safely."
Despite a decline in ridership due to COVID-19, assaults on Muni buses and trains have continued. Last year, the agency logged 32 aggravated assault reports and 155 battery reports, up from 29 and 45 in 2020, respectively, according to the San Francisco Standard.
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