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New Bedford, MA

Suspects assault elderly person and flee on foot 

audio iconAssault
Purchase St, New Bedford, MA
Police responding after an elderly person was physically attacked (close-lined) by suspects, who are now fleeing on foot. One suspect is described as wearing all red with a black backpack and is being pursued in the area near Purchase Street and the old muffler place.
Audio|Source: New Bedford Area Police/Fire and MSP Troop D
01:10

Transcript:
The other... Running on there. Run in on purchase. From behind, close-line elderly, they're going to pop out to his purchase. One in the red. Get in, uh, yeah, on purchase. We're out of Colisein (name withheld) right now. Test the mail in all red, black backpack, blackmail. There's another one on the coastline and the old muffler place. He's between the building. He's in the back of the building, the same building. He ran behind it. Now that building is turning on. See you 32. Going south. behind Dunkin Zone.

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Purchase St, New Bedford, MA

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