Posted: 14:49, 20 June 2022 | Updated: 14:49, 20 June 2022
A surveillance camera recorded the shocking moment when an armed robber with a purple balaclava raped a 74-year-old woman in a narrow elevator in Brooklyn, threatened to kill her and managed to do so with $ 600. “I have a gun and I’m going to kill you if you do not give me my wallet,” the masked beast told the elderly lady as he grabbed her by the shoulder and pushed her against the wall of the elevator car in Connie Island in June. 15 about 11.30 p.m. The video of the attack released by police shows the woman holding her wallet as she boardes the lift with two men in Carey Houses, the public housing complex on the 21st Street between Mermaid and Surf. Surveillance shows a thief wearing a purple balaclava grabbing a 74-year-old and taking $ 600 to an elevator in Coney Island The NYPD is looking for the men believed to have been involved in the theft of a 74-year-old lady in an elevator in Brooklyn After one of them leaves, the man with a purple mask that covers everything except his eyes, enters in front of the woman and grabs her blouse by the collar and pushes her back against the elevator wall. The man, who was wearing tan pants and a black shirt with a crescent moon on him, rises above her during the attack. She seems to be negotiating desperately with the man before going to dig her bag and get a bunch of bills. The coward keeps one hand in his pocket all the time, implying that he is holding his gun there. The theft lasts only seconds, from the fourth floor to the seventh floor of the apartment building, the video shows. This image released by the police shows a man wearing the same T-shirt as the thief who hit a 74-year-old woman, threatened her life and stole $ 600 from her. This man is believed to have come out of the elevator shortly before an elderly woman was attacked with a gun and threatened The man escaped on 21st Street and is believed to have an accomplice, who left the elevator shortly before the attack. Police have released images of the two men, showing one wearing a purple do-rag, which appears to be the accessory of the crime. Another photo shows a man shopping in a convenience store wearing the same crescent shirt the robber was wearing. New York Mayor Eric Adams, who was elected to a crime elimination platform, has suffered low turnout in the face of rising crime. Total crime has increased by 38% in the first six months of the same period last year, according to NYPD statistics. Criminal attacks have increased by almost 19 percent and robberies, such as elevator theft, have increased by more than 40 percent. Rape continues to rise in the five municipalities, increasing by 17 percent from the first half of 2021. Homicides, however, have dropped by 11 percent and shootings have dropped by 8 percent, according to police figures. Gun crime continues to plague the city. Over the weekend, a picnic for Father’s Day in Haarlem erupted from gunshots that killed one and injured eight people. Over the weekend, Adams complained that state lawmakers and prosecutors were more interested in helping criminals stay out of jail than helping victims of crime. “What about innocent people? How about zero tolerance for crime victims? What would you say to focus our attention again on innocent people who get up every day and do what is right? Adams said during a speech Saturday, according to the New York Post.
