The suspect who allegedly attacked a 65-year-old Asian woman in Manhattan this week has been identified as 38-year-old Brandon Elliot, a man who was already on lifetime parole for fatally stabbing his mother in 2002 according to NBC News. Elliot, who was freed from prison in 2019, was arrested Wednesday and charged with multiple counts, including hate crime, attempted assault as a hate crime, assault and attempted assault. Thanks to assistance from the public and excellent investigative work by @NYPDHateCrimes Detectives, the individual wanted for Monday’s assault of a 65 year-old Asian female, at 360 West 43rd St, was arrested and charged with Felony Assault as a Hate Crime. pic.twitter.com/ZQRVGZEAb2 — NYPD Hate Crimes (@NYPDHateCrimes) March 31, 2021 Police released video of the attack, which took place Monday at a luxury apartment in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. The footage showed a man kicking the woman in her stomach and causing her to fall to the ground....
