Teens assault, attempt to rob Uber driver at gunpoint while filming attack
A group of teens attacked an Uber driving while filming him, breaking his nose and gashing his head.
The brazen kids — who appear to be between 11 and 17 years old — recorded the Brooklyn beatdown with a cell phone, said the driver, who asked not to be identified because he fears retribution.
“One was punching me and the other one had a gun,” the victim said. “He said. . .‘Give me everything – give me all the money.’”
The driver had arrived on Alabama Avenue in East New York to pick up a female fare named Precious around 7 p.m. Sunday and noticed a group of teens across the street, he said. He asked if they knew his fare and they said no, he recalled.
When he turned his head to look for his client — he was suddenly punched in the face through his open window.
“I didn’t see them — a surprise punch,” he said.
He got out of his car “to fight back” and “noticed that one of them was filming,” said the victim.
At that point, a brawl broke out and he ended up on the ground, where one of the punks hit him in the head with the scooter, he said.
The attackers scattered after a neighbor came outside and called 911. The neighbor also found the phone the kids used and saw a video of the victim on the device.
As he waited for an ambulance, two of the kids returned, “looking for the phone,” the driver said.
“The party’s over, the police are coming,” the driver yelled, sending them scurrying. “I don’t know if they intended to rob me or if it was just to make a TikTok video.”
The NYPD released photos of the pint-sized suspects.
The fare, Precious, said she was shocked by what happened and shot video of the kids as they returned to the scene.
“I’m so heartbroken that these kids are doing that,” the 28-year-old from Nigeria said.
