The brute caught on video punching a stranger from behind and knocking him out at a Brooklyn mall earlier this month has been arrested, police mentioned.
Jaheim David, 21, was charged with assault for the assault on the Kings Plaza Mall at 6 p.m. on Aug. 20, cops mentioned Saturday.
The 36-year-old sufferer was strolling within the mall when David allegedly walked up from behind and delivered a roundhouse punch, based on police.
The blow caught the sufferer off-guard and despatched him crashing to the ground.
Surveillance video confirmed the attacker then comply with a person he was with to a financial institution of elevators — solely to return to survey the harm he had performed earlier than fleeing the scene.
A lady picked up the sufferer’s cellphone and left it near him, however no person instantly got here to his support, based on the footage.
EMS transported the sufferer to Brookdale Hospital Medical Middle in steady situation. He was later launched.
Police mentioned David, of Brooklyn, turned himself in on the 63 Precinct station home.
He was beforehand arrested for home violence on June 24 after he allegedly punched his 20-year-old girlfriend within the face, reducing her lip, police sources mentioned.
David additionally has a sealed arrest from the day earlier than that incident, however its contents have been secret, the sources mentioned.
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