TAMMEL Esco faces charges of attempted murder after he allegedly attacked a woman in Yonkers, New York State.
The 42-year-old was seen assaulting his 67-year-old neighbor in which he hit her 125 times.
Who is Tammel Esco?
Esco has a criminal record and has had 14 arrests and multiple convictions on his record, Yonkers Police Commissioner John Mueller said.
In February 2021, he pushed a woman through a plate glass window. She wasn't seriously injured and Esco was given a conditional discharge and no jail time.
CBS2 claims Esco was enrolled into a five-month inpatient program for substance abuse after his arrest last year.
He has also served 42 months in prison for a stabbing in 2010, the outlet reports.
What happened in Yonkers?
Esco allegedly attacked his neighbor on March 11 in what was suspected to be a hate crime.
The 42-year-old punched his neighbor 125 times and laid seven vicious kicks before twice spitting on the woman and shouting anti-Asian slurs, police say.
Esco was detained shortly after the incident and is being held without bail.
Yonkers police released a security video of the encounter in the building's vestibule area.
The video shows the woman trying to open the second door into the lobby when she was hit on the head from behind and fell to the ground.
The footage then shows her being punched and hit multiple times by a man who appears to be Esco.
A witness told CBS2 that Esco walked outside and screamed incoherently at passersby following the assault.
"This is one of the most appalling attacks I have ever seen; to beat a helpless woman is despicable and targeting her because of her race makes it more so," Mueller said.
The woman, who has not been publicly identified, is ina stable condition and is recovering in hospital, police have said.
She suffered facial bone fractures and bleeding on the brain. The victim has two daughters and is understood to be a widow.
The attack has frightened the Asian community in the neighborhood.
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