Police Make More Arrests In Connection To Brutal Assault Of 15-Year-Old Girl In Brooklyn
"Her spirit is broken, she don't want to even come outside," the victim's grandmother said.
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"Her spirit is broken, she don't want to even come outside," the victim's grandmother said.
Police said the suspects chased the victim, jumped on top of her and then punched and kicked her several times.
The man was spotted on the roof of 19 Rogers Avenue in Crown Heights Tuesday morning.
A bystander eventually got between the feuding pair, while a child in a stroller was seen dangerously close to the scuffle.
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The victim was punched in the face around 11:15 p.m. last Thursday near Kingston Avenue and Saint John's Place in Crown Heights.
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