COULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
>>> IT’S VERY ALARMING AS
SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN TARGETING
SOMEONE 15 TO 20 TIME IN THE
LAST FEW WEEKS. >> A NEIGHBORHOOD ON EDGE AFTER
A SERIES OF RANDOM ATTACKS.
THE WITNESSES HAVE ONE THING IN
COMMON.
THAT’S OUR TOP STORY TONIGHT AT
11:00.
>> NOT CLEAR WHETHER IT IS JUST ONE MAN BEHIND THE ATTACKS
REPORTED IN VARIOUS PARTS OF A
STORY, BUT EACH TIME VICTIMS SAY
THE PERSON ATTACKING -- LIVE NOW
WITH MORE ON THE GROWING CONCERN
IN QUEENS.
MELISSA?
>> Reporter: AND GUYS, WORD IS
SPREADING QUICKLY.
IT IS SPREADING ONLINE AND
THROUGH WORD OF MOUTH. THERE IS A MAN RIDING AROUND ON
A SCOOTER JUST SUCKER PUNCHING
PEOPLE.
COMPLETE STRANGERS, RANDOMLY,
UNPROVOKED AND VICTIM HAVE
INCLUDED A SCHOOL TEACHER JUST STEPS AWAY FROM HER SCHOOL, AS
WELL AS A COUPLE OUT FOR A
LATE-NIGHT WALK.
>> THAT WAS ALARMING FOR ME TO WITNESS FIRSTHAND.
>> Reporter: KIM WESTON IS
TALKING ABOUT THIS.
A MAN IN A WHITE HELMET, RIDING
AROUND ON AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER
AND RANDOMLY PUNCHING PEOPLE IN
ASTORA, QUEENS. SHE WAS WALKING NEAR BROADWAY
LAST THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN SHE
NOTICED THE SUSPECT CIRCLING HER
BEFORE SETTING HIS EYES ON THE
COUPLE INSTEAD.
>> FOR WHATEVER REASON, HE CHOSE
THEM OVER ME.
I DIDN’T GET CHOSEN AND I WAS
ALONE BY MYSELF. >> Reporter: LATER THAT NIGHT
SHE LOGGED ON TO THE SOCIAL
MEDIA SIGHT RED-IT.
THE ATTACK LEFT THE VICTIM WITH
A BLACK EYE. >> WITHIN HOURS, I WAS SEEING
POSTS OF MY NEIGHBORS.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY THE
SUSPECT IN THE SCOOTER ATTACKED
A TEACHER HERE OUTSIDE OF PS 112
LAST WEEK AROUND 7:00 A.M.
THE SUSPECT APPROACHED THE
TEACHER AS SHE WAS GETTING OUT
OF HER CAR, ASKED HER, ARE YOU
AMERICAN?
SHE HAD NO TIME TO RESPOND BEFORE THE ATTACKER HIT HER AND
PUSHED HER DOWN.
>> THAT IS PRETTY SCARY TO HAVE SOMEBODY JUST ATTACK SOMEONE
RANDOMLY FROM BEHIND.
>> Reporter: THE TEACHERS WE
SPOKE TO OFF CAMERA SAY THE
43-YEAR-OLD TEACHER WAS KICKED
REPEATEDLY.
TAKEN TO A NEARBY HOSPITAL AND
HAS NOW RETURNED TO WORK. BOTH TEACHERS SAY THEY’RE STILL
ON EDGE, CHOOSING TO WALK IN
GROUPS WHEN THEY LEAVE SCHOOL
GROUNDS. A COMMUNITY USING THE RESOURCES
AT THEIR FINGERPRINTS TO RAISE
AWARENESS BEFORE THIS ATTACK
ORDER TWO WHEELS STRIKES AGAIN.
>> THAT NEEDS TO BE STOPPED. AND THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY
IS VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
>> Reporter: POLICE SAY THEY ARE
INVESTIGATING AND THEY ARE
LINKING THIS SUSPECT TO MULTIPLE