By The FirstA 71-year-old man has died after being severely beaten by a 15-year-old boy outside a pizza shop in a wealthy Manhattan neighborhood.
From the NY POST:
A 71-year-old man died weeks after a 15-year-old boy brutally beat him outside a Manhattan pizzeria, police said Wednesday.
Hbrad Boonshaft got into a “brief verbal encounter” with the teen suspect outside 2 Bros Pizza on Eighth Avenue near West 25th Street in Chelsea just before 4 p.m. September 15, cops and police sources said.
Then the boy pummeled the senior in the head, knocking him unconscious, police said.
He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital with a subdural hematoma, authorities said.
Boonshaft died of his injuries at the hospital around 1:40 p.m. Sunday, authorities said.
The teen suspect – whose name has not been released because of his age – was arrested soon after the initial incident, and charged with assault on a victim over 65, cops said.
Boonshaft’s death has been ruled a homicide by the city medical examiner’s office.
