A harrowing video shows the moment a vicious man wielding an iron bar hit a woman as she pushed a baby in a stroller along a road in Southern California – just hours before police say the same assailant struck a 60-year-old woman in the head.
The back-to-back attacks happened Thursday in Long Beach, leaving one of the victims bleeding profusely from a head injury. The first incident happened shortly before 10 a.m. and was captured on surveillance video.
The footage shows the suspect running up to a woman walking with a child and hitting her in the back of the head with an “unknown object,” according to the Long Beach Police Department.
The victim screamed heartbreakingly and fled in fear while pushing the stroller. The woman was later taken to the hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries, Fox 11 reported.
Police said the child in the woman’s care was not injured.
A man carrying what appears to be a rod or pipe is seen in surveillance video following a woman pushing a baby in a stroller. The unsuspecting victim was taking a morning stroll in Long Beach, California, on January 4. Juan C. Rivera via ABC7 The suspect ran at the woman from behind and hit her in the back of the head. Juan C. Rivas via KTLA
“When I saw the video, it actually made me angry,” neighbor Juan Rivas told ABC 7. “Hopefully, the police catch him. He’s going to have to pay for this.”
Just before 12:30 p.m. that same day, 60-year-old Aura Ortega was talking on the phone while walking in the area of 21st Street and Pine Avenue in Long Beach when she passed a man she didn’t recognize. .
Suddenly, Ortega said, he was hit in the back of the head with what he believed to be a pipe – and felt blood spurt down his neck.
Aura Ortega, 60, was walking when she was hit in the back of the head with a hard object. ABC7 The accused attacker was seen carrying a suspected weapon in his hand. Long Beach Police Department
“[I said] ‘Someone help me!’” Ortega, wearing a white bandage around his injured head, told the station.
Long Beach police say they believe the same man is responsible for both violent incidents.
The alleged attacker is described as a Hispanic man in his mid-20s, between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-7, with a peach mustache.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in his 20s with a peach fur mustache. Long Beach Police Department
He was last seen wearing a white hat, a blue sweater over a black hooded sweater, blue pants, and white and black tennis shoes. He carried a black bag hanging on his chest with a shoulder strap around his neck.
Police said they have increased patrols in the area where the woman was attacked and are actively looking for the culprit.
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