Boy, 12, allegedly punches, tries to set 80-year-old woman on fire
05/25/2017 6:54 am PDT
via WPIX:
BROOKLYN -- (WPIX) -- A 12-year-old boy is in custody for allegedly punching an 80-year-old woman in the face and trying to set her on fire during an unprovoked attack outside her Brooklyn home, police said Wednesday.
The child approached the woman as she sat in front of her West Seventh Street home in Gravesend on Saturday, according to police.
He then allegedly punched her in the face with a closed fist, used a metal rod on her, and tried to light her coat on fire as she sat outside her house.
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