Suspect Arrested On Hate Crime Charges Over Attack On Asian Woman In Manhattan
Brandon Elliot, 38, was arrested Wednesday and faces charges including assault as a hate crime. Elliot is a lifetime parolee who was convicted of fatally stabbing his mother in 2002, when he was 19.
by Rachel Treisman
Mar 31, 2021
3 minutes
Authorities have arrested a suspect in the verbal and physical assault on a 65-year-old Asian woman in New York City on Monday, in an attack that was captured on surveillance video and drew widespread outrage.
Brandon Elliot, 38, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of assault as a hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, assault and attempted assault, the New York City Police Department confirmed to NPR.
In a announcing the arrest, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea
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