Suspects in savage attack on elderly Asian woman in San Francisco are 11, 13, 14 and 18
- San Francisco police arrest suspects in attack on elderly woman in Chinatown last month
- Police chief called the ages of the younger suspects - 11, 13, and 14 - sad and shocking
Three children ages 11, 13, and 14 and an 18-year-old beat and robbed a 70-year-old Asian woman last month inside her San Francisco residential building and two of them have been arrested, police said.
The woman was outside her Chinatown building when the suspects approached her on July 31 and spoke to her, said San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott.
Unable to understand them because of a language barrier, she went into the building’s lobby and the suspects followed her, Scott said.
Then they beat and robbed her before fleeing, he said. The attack, which showed the victim being kicked in the head, was recorded on surveillance video.
“The victim was transported to a local hospital and thank goodness her injuries were not life-threatening,” said Scott, who did not identify the woman.
News reports identified her only as “Mrs Ren”.