A 71-year-old man said he was randomly attacked while standing outside on a busy street in downtown Pittsburgh.
The attack happened on Wednesday night, just steps from the Benedum Center and Theater Square.
“My whole face hurts, my nose hurts. I’m going to run in and take an Advil after you guys leave,” David Maka told Channel 11′s Gabriella DeLuca.
The bruises around Maka’s face have darkened, and his nose was still bleeding as we spoke to him downtown on Thursday.
“Just numb, you know. It hadn’t really sunk into me yet. I’ll be alright,” Maka said.
Maka lives downtown and came out of his apartment to smoke a cigarette around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday when he says he was attacked unprovoked, near bars and restaurants on 7th Avenue near Penn.
“He comes walking up and turns, and just cold-cocked me. I went to the ground, and it’s hard for me to get up once I go down. He dragged me, and proceeded to kick me, and punch me, and hold my head on the sidewalk,” he added.
Someone tried to help Maka and called 911. When officers got there, they arrested Daniel Velazquez and charged him with misdemeanor crimes.