{"id":42221,"date":"2026-04-05T20:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42221"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T20:59:13","slug":"maniac-breaks-senior-citizens-jaw-after-chasing-him-near-barclays-center-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=42221","title":{"rendered":"Maniac breaks senior citizen&#8217;s jaw after chasing him near Barclays Center: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A maniac punched a senior citizen in the face and left him with a broken jaw after chasing him down near the Barclays Center, police and sources said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 68-year-old was walking near Flatbush and Atlantic avenues when a stranger started a verbal fight that quickly turned violent on March 31 around 12:05 a.m., according to cops.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/25-m-march-31-cops-125067949.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\"\/><figcaption>The attack happened steps away from the Barclays Center on March 31.  <span class=\"credit\">Google Maps<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The brute fled the scene and has yet to be caught. <\/p>\n<p>Police released surveillance footage of the attacker in the hopes of nabbing him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD\u2019s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/__;!!F0Stn7g!EJpUjuC_v5gkn15nrwifarlBJXptDU5eREYbwjFkI2sKAMdFYZSGw-d-qe0sURBxwpyqoUb-CQ63s8PGcTs$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org\/<\/a>, on X @NYPDTips.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/05\/us-news\/maniac-breaks-senior-citizens-jaw-after-chasing-him-near-barclays-center-sources\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A maniac punched a senior citizen in the face and left him with a broken jaw after chasing him down near the Barclays Center, police and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42221\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}