UPDATE: Police say Yonkers resident Marc Gomez, 36, has been charged with multiple counts of assault for the attack.
WAKEFIELD, the Bronx—A man has been arrested after he was seen on video kicking an elderly woman in the face on a subway in the Bronx, police said.
On Sunday, March 10, at about 3:10 a.m., inside of the Nereid Avenue/ White Plains Road subway station, a man approached a 78-year-old woman who was seated, and began to punch and kick her numerous times in her face and her body, police said.
The horrendous assault was captured on cellphone video.
The disturbing footage shows the man kicking the seated victim six times, twice in the head and four times in her upper body, before walking off the subway yelling, “Now Worldstar that!”
Photo credit: Previous booking photo of Marc Gomez(NYPD)
The woman, who was seen with several bags, tried to block the kicks with her left hand, while stunned passengers watched, the video showed.
- Warning: Video of the attack, seen below, may be difficult to watch for some viewers.
The man left the No. 2 train at the station and fled on foot.
The woman rode the train one more northbound stop and exited at the Wakefield-241 Street /White Plains Road station, where she was met by EMS.
She suffered from bleeding and swelling with cuts to the face, police said.
She was treated on scene by EMS and refused further medical attention, according to police.
The name of the perpetrator has not yet been released.
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