A 72-year-old man was surrounded, punched and kicked by a group of teenagers riding E-bikes on July 3 after he yelled at one of them for throwing a firework near him, according to his wife.
She said the attack happened shortly after 9 p.m. on Covina Avenue near East Ocean Boulevard, just off the coastline in Long Beach’s Belmont Shore neighborhood. The Long Beach Post is not publishing her or her husband’s name because they fear further retaliation.
In an interview, she told the Post that her husband was out at a friend’s house to watch the Big Bang on the Bay fireworks show, when he decided to ride his golf cart back to his house early to avoid traffic…