NYPD searches for suspect who threw furniture at 90-year-old woman on sidewalk

Police are searching for a suspect after a 90-year-old woman was attacked while walking along a Brooklyn sidewalk earlier this week, and surveillance video obtained by a local news station appears to capture the violent encounter.

The assault happened around 9:47 a.m. Monday outside 501 Brighton Beach Ave. in the Brighton Beach neighborhood, according to the New York City Police Department (NYPD).

Police said the woman was walking when an unidentified man approached and threw a piece of furniture at her, causing her to fall to the ground before fleeing on foot in an unknown direction.

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Surveillance video obtained by News 12 appears to show the suspect pushing what looks like a discard...