Caught On Video: Man Viciously Beaten With Broomstick During Bronx Robbery
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A brutal beating was captured on camera on camera on Monday.
A man attacked another man with a broomstick in an apartment building in the Crotona Park East section of the Bronx.
On Wednesday, the victim spoke to CBS2's Scott Rapoport about the ordeal.
"It was frightening, very frightening," Doug Jenkins said.
Jenkins' eyes were swollen and purple, his hands were cut and bandaged.
The 60-year-old Jenkins is a frail, club footed, cancer survivor. He described the most frightening moment of his life -- being savagely attacked by a stranger with a broom handle in the foyer of his Boston Road apartment building.
The attack left him shaken.
"Now, I'm afraid to come out," he said.
Jenkins said he was returning from the corner deli on Monday morning around 8 a.m. when he was approached in front of his building by a man who asked him for 50 cents.
"I said, 'no, I ain't got it," he recalled.
Jenkins said he entered the building and the man followed him in. That's when he ferociously pounded him with a broomstick that he got from the janitor's closet.
Jenkins said he tried to fight him off.
"I actually put my cane up to block him," he said. "You know he's coming at me like this."
The attack lasted at least 24 seconds.
Even worse, Jenkins said there was supposed to be someone at the security desk right in front of where he was beaten. Jenkins told CBS2's Rapoport there was nobody there.
"I can't even be secure in my own building," he said.
CBS2 asked the building about it, but didn't receive an answer.
Cops said the suspect took Jenkins' wallet -- which was empty -- and then ran away.
Police say the suspect is 5'5", 140 pounds, has a moustache, heavy build and a shaved head. He was last seen wearing a yellow hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans and sneakers.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-88-57-PISTA (74782) for Spanish. You can also submit a tip via the Crime Stoppers website or by texting a tip to 274637 (CRIMES) and then entering TIP577.
