Crime & Safety
Teenaged Girl Beaten By Couple Wielding Baseball Bat And Crowbar, Police Say
Police are looking for the man and woman who attacked a teenager outside the Gateway Center in Brownsville Tuesday.
BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — A teenaged girl was beaten by a man wielding a crowbar and a woman swinging a baseball bat outside a Brooklyn shopping mall last week, according to police.
The 18-year-old woman argued with the pair near the Gateway Center at 632 Gateway Drive around 8:50 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
The fight turned violent when the man and woman picked up a crowbar and baseball bat and swung at the girl’s body and head, said police.
Find out what's happening in Brownsville-East New Yorkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
The young woman was taken to Brookdale Hospital in stable condition, police said.
The couple, whose identities remain unknown, can be seen carrying their weapons into an off-white SUV in surveillance footage police released Friday.
Find out what's happening in Brownsville-East New Yorkfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact police.
Photos and video courtesy of the NYPD.
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.