A West Aspect man is accused of brutally attacking a 94-year-old senior with a brick throughout an tried theft because the sufferer rode his mobility scooter in Garfield Park, prosecutors stated.
Elijah Carter, 30, is charged with tried theft of a sufferer over 60 and aggravated battery of a sufferer over 60 following the assault on Tuesday morning, September 30, within the 3700 block of West Madison Avenue.
The sufferer gave his neighbor a experience to a bus cease on the scooter, then continued down Madison Avenue round 8:43 a.m. The neighbor later advised police that the sufferer is understood for giving cash to folks in want, so it’s no secret that he has money.
Moments later, prosecutors stated, Carter hopped over a concrete bench, landed beside the sufferer, and demanded cash. When the sufferer stated he had none, Carter pushed him from the scooter, inflicting him to fall to the bottom after which struck the person twice within the head with a brick or giant rock, in keeping with a detention petition. Carter proceeded to strike and kick him within the chest because the sufferer curled right into a fetal place, the petition stated.
The person’s screams gained the eye of his goddaughter, who occurred to be close by. She advised police she noticed Carter standing over her godfather, hitting him with one hand whereas utilizing the opposite to succeed in into his pockets with the opposite. The girl stated Carter had just one shoe on as she sprayed him with mace. Carter allegedly responded by throwing his remaining shoe at her face earlier than operating from the scene.
Witnesses helped the bloodied sufferer again into his scooter and flagged down officers. Officers discovered Carter, shoeless, close by.
Emergency responders transported the sufferer to a hospital, the place medical doctors recognized him with an unstable neck fracture, a lung harm, bruising, swelling, and a number of lacerations. He was scheduled for neurological surgical procedure, in keeping with prosecutors.
Carter stays in custody with a detention listening to scheduled for Monday.
