According to her family, an Asian woman who was hit with a rock in New York City last year has died. The Asian woman who was attacked last year in Queens by a person with a rock died Monday, her household said on a GoFundMe web page devoted to her.
In November, GuiYing Ma, 61, was sweeping the sidewalk of an empty property in Jackson Heights when a person allegedly struck her repeatedly in the head with a big rock, injuring her face and head, police mentioned at the time.
A day after the assault, the New York Police Division arrested a 33-year-old man in reference to the crime. That man was later recognized as Elisaul Perez.
Perez faces three felony charges, together with a cost of assault with the intent to disfigure and dismember and a cost of assault with the intent to significantly injure somebody with a weapon. He additionally faces a cost of prison possession of a weapon.
Perez is scheduled to appear in court on April 12 for one more listening to. Queens Regulation Associates’ Lawyer David Strachan, who represents Perez, declined to comment.
Ma died at 9:29 p.m. on February 22 at NYC Well being & Hospitals/Elmhurst as a consequence of problems from blunt impression head damage, according to Hsieh.
“The assault completely broken the fitting aspect of Mrs. Ma’s mind. However the love between Mrs. Ma and her husband Mr. Zhanxin Gao remained,” a press release on the GoFundMe web page learn.
In early February – about 10 weeks after the assault – Ma wakened from her coma, the GoFundMe mentioned. She was “in a position to increase her hand in response to Mr. Gao though she couldn’t converse nonetheless.”
When she wakened, Ma was in a position to transfer her proper arm and proper leg, CNN affiliate WABC reported.
The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Job Pressure was investigating the crime in November. CNN has reached out to the NYPD Monday for the newest on that investigation.
The NYPD created an Asian Hate Crime Job Pressure after a rise in assaults on Asian Individuals throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Between March 19, 2020, and September 30, 2021, 10,370 hate incidents towards Asian American and Pacific Islander folks throughout the nation have been reported to Cease Hate AAPI, a middle that tracks studies of racism and discrimination towards Asian Individuals.
