Police arrest man, 22, in connection to attack on man, 67, in elevator

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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Police have arrested a man following a brutal attack on a 67-year-old man in a Bronx elevator.

Officials charged 22-year-old Joshua Marrero of the Bronx with assault in the second degree on Tuesday. 

Police released a surveillance video of the attack that occurred on November 1, where the victim was targeted in an apartment building near Southern Boulevard and East 187 Street in the Belmont section.

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Video shows the suspect getting on the elevator and then suddenly pummeling the man repeatedly in the head and body until he falls to the ground and pleads for his attacker to stop.

The victim suffered cuts to his face and was taken to James J. Peters VA Medical Center in stable condition.

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