A 62-year-old Staten Island resident declared he wants to move after he was brutally attacked by a mob of teenagers during his daily evening stroll last month, according to reports. The man was walking near the intersection of Howard Avenue and Clove Road in the Sunnyside neighborhood just after 7 p.m.
on July 15 when the group of delinquents began to harass him. Streetside surveillance cameras captured the moment when nine juveniles followed the man down the road, according to video obtained by silive.com.
One of the delinquents rushed up behind the man who jumped into the middle of a busy street to avoid the bunch as the rest of the group chased him across the other side of the road. “He raised his fists and said pick one and I said ‘not interested,'” the man told NBC New York. “I thought it was just a kid joking around.
“I don’t know, maybe that set them off or something, I don’t know but they were looking for trouble,” he added. The man said the laughing group didn’t try to rob him or make any remarks. Several punches were thrown at the man as he ran off camera as the assault continued.
He was left with bruises on his knee and stitches in his finger. He recalled his attackers fled the area when they noticed others rushing to help the man lying on the road. The man was brought to Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton where he incurred approximately $5,000 in medical expenses for his injuries, according to silive.
com. “His mouth is all messed.