Police Donate New Shopping Cart To Inwood Cane Assault Victim

INWOOD, NY — A 90-year-old man who was assaulted with a cane on a busy Inwood street was visited by police as he recovers from his injuries. Officers from the 34th Precinct checked up on the victim, named Juan, and even donated him a new cart, according to the precinct.

Juan was walking on Broadway between Academy and West 204th streets last week when he was attacked — seemingly at random — by a 19-year-old man named Saul Nunez, police told Patch.

Nunez kicked the elderly man's shopping cart and the struck him over the head with a cane, police told Patch. Bystanders quickly intervened and chased Nunez away from the victim, police said. Juan suffered lacerations to his ear and head and was taken to an area hospital for treatment, police told Patch.

Now, Juan looks to be in fine shape as he recovers from the attack.

Nunez, a resident of the Bronx, has been charged with two counts of second-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon, police said.

The NYPD released a video of the assault, which shows Nunez approach the victim on a busy sidewalk. Nunez and the victim were walking down the street in opposite directions before the assault, according to the video. When Nunez kicks the victim's cart it attracts the attention of a bystander who rushed to the defense of the elderly man, according to the video.

See the NYPD video below:

Photo/video courtesy NYPD