GuiYing Ma was an older Asian woman and a grandmother living in New York City. One day in November of 2021, while sweeping outside her apartment, she became the victim of a violent and completely unprovoked attack.
She has now died as a result of the injuries she suffered.
ABC News in New York reports:
NYC grandmother dies months after being struck in head with rock in QueensA 62-year-old grandmother in Queens has died weeks after she woke up from a coma after she was bashed in the head with a rock more than two months ago.When Eyewitness News spoke to the family of GuiYing Ma earlier in February, they said it was nothing short of a miracle that she was showing some signs of improvement.However, on Monday, Eyewitness News learned that Ma had died on Feb. 22. Her cause of death is homicide based on complications of a traumatic head injury.The once outgoing, friendly and kind grandmother was sweeping her Jackson Heights sidewalk after Thanksgiving last year when someone bashed her on the head with a rock.She had since been in a coma at Elmhurst Hospital until she showed signs of hope earlier in February.The attack permanently damaged the right side of Ma’s brain. But the love between Ma and her husband, Zhanxin Gao, remained.
The story behind the attacker is familiar:
A 33-year-old man has been arrested for the savage attack. His next court hearing is in April…”Before this incident, he was arrested 14 times. If he was released again, it’s highly possible he will attack other people again,” Gao said.
The attacker had 14 prior arrests. Will anyone in New York be held accountable for this horrific crime?
The report goes on to note that Ma is the fourth Asian-American to die in New York City in just two months as a result of attacks on Asians.
This woman’s head was bashed in.
The suspect even allegedly kept attacking her after she was down.
The Queens Chronicle reported:
Elisaul Perez has been charged by the District Attorney after allegedly striking GuiYing Ma in the head with a rock while she swept the sidewalk in front of her 38th Avenue and 97th Street North Corona apartment.According to the criminal complaint, an eyewitness saw Perez engage in a verbal dispute with Ma just past 8 a.m. Nov. 26 before picking up a rock from the ground and hitting her in the back of the head.Ma lost consciousness and fell to the ground, officials said. Surveillance footage captured Perez pick up the rock a second time and throw it at Ma while she was still on the ground. The eyewitness saw the rock on the ground next to her, covered with her blood…Perez, a 33-year-old from Brooklyn, was charged with first- and second-degree assault and criminal possession of a weapon. He has been remanded, the DA’s Office told the Chronicle. The NYPD Hate Crime Task Force was notified, police said, but it is not clear if Perez allegedly acted out of any racial motivation.
This poor woman will never see her grandchildren again.
How much longer are we, as a society, going to put up with this?
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