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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A gruesome onslaught successful the Tower District.
"That was uncalled for, that's not the mode we rotation down here," said Richie's Pizza owner, Anthony Ortega.
The video, which is blurred to fell the grisly beating, shows the antheral successful a reddish sweater kicking and stomping an unhoused idiosyncratic who was dormant successful the aboriginal greeting hours of August 26.
"There's thing incorrect with that man. There's nary crushed you should beryllium treating different quality being similar that," said Ortega.
Fresno Police said the unfortunate was a 47-year-old man. Officers recovered him bleeding from the backmost of his caput and ear. There was besides important swelling to the backmost of his head.
The attacker is inactive connected the run. A $2,000 reward is present disposable to find the antheral responsible.
City Council Vice President, Mike Karbassi, said this benignant of onslaught is frightening.
"If a idiosyncratic is consenting to footwear idiosyncratic similar that, who's defenseless, ideate what they would bash to you oregon me," said Karbassi.
He doesn't correspond the country wherever the onslaught happened, but he's enactment up $1,000 of his metropolis fund to assistance bring the fishy to justice.
"It shouldn't beryllium happening successful immoderate metropolis successful this country, fto unsocial successful Fresno," helium said.
Unhoused Advocate Gordie Ochinero-Bermudez works successful the community. She lived connected the streets herself and understands the vulnerability facing the unhoused community.
"It was precise disturbing to cognize that different quality being successful our assemblage could bash thing without a azygous thought oregon adjacent interest of what helium whitethorn beryllium inflicting connected different quality being," said Ochinero-Bermudez.
She hopes the unfortunate is taking clip to heal from this horrific attack.
"There's a assemblage that's present that's wanting to get his back," said Ochinero-Bermudez.
Karbassi said the unfortunate was released from the infirmary and is said to beryllium doing ok.
Anyone with accusation connected the whereabouts of the fishy is encouraged to interaction the Fresno Police Department.
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