Crime & Safety

Elderly Man Pummeled In Brutal Bed-Stuy Attack, Cops Say

Lytee Knox Hundley stands accused of breaking the man's nose in a Tompkins Avenue lobby Friday night, police said.

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN -- A Bed-Stuy man is charged with breaking an elderly man's nose in a sudden and brutal attack, police said.

Lytee Knox Hundley, 31, stands accused of pummelling a 62-year-old man in the lobby of his building on Tompkins Avenue near Martin Luther King, Jr. Place at about 6:20 p.m. Friday night, said police.

Emergency responders rushed the 62-year-old to Woodhull Hospital where he was treated for a fractured nose and orbital bone, according to police.

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Hundley was arrested Sunday and is expected to be arraigned on assault charges in Brooklyn Criminal Court on Monday, according to police and court records.


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