First Published November 29, 2022
A 62-year-old Asian woman described as a “gentle” person who “helps everybody” was brutally attacked outside of her Queens home in what police are investigating as a possible hate crime, according to published news reports.
GuiYing Ma was attacked on Friday, allegedly by Elisaul Perez, 33, who is accused of bashing her in the head with a rock as she was sweeping the street outside of her Jackson Heights apartment.
Perez was charged with assault and possession of a weapon. Perez has not been charged with a hate crime.
Ma was taken to Elmhurst Hospital where she is listed in critical condition but is expected to survive, ABC 7 News reported.
Ma’s landlord, Yihung Hsieh, said he felt “so guilty” and “so sick” when he heard the news about his tenant, the news outlet reported.
“I feel so guilty because she’s helping me. She’s helping me to sweeping but now she faces such an accident,” Hsieh said.
On Saturday, Hsieh created a GoFundMe for Ma, who he explained doesn’t have medical insurance and lost jobs after the pandemic, and said that her husband works for a restaurant cleaning company.
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“Their son and two grandchildren are all in China. Besides her husband, no other families in the U.S.,” Hsieh wrote. “I’m here to ask if anyone who would like to help her.”
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