A Jewish man was repeatedly punched in the face while shopping in a store near St John’s Place and Kingston Ave on Thursday afternoon.

The incident occurred this past Thursday at approximately 3:00pm. The victim was shopping in a store located near St John’s Place and Kingston Ave when a mentally unstable individual approached the victim from behind and started to demand money while yelling racial slurs. She then proceeded to attack the victim and repeatedly punched him in the face, and then fled the store.

The victim immediately called the police and Crown Heights Shmira. Shmira volunteers were successful in locating the perpetrator and directed the NYPD to her location, where she was arrested.

The victim was not seriously hurt.