Scooter Attack at Pasadena Metro Station: Victim Injured, Suspect at Large

A 66-year-old Pasadena resident was assaulted with a scooter and injured after refusing to sell cigarettes to a man on the North Lake Avenue overpass above the Metro Station on Tuesday shortly before noon.

Pasadena police Lt. Edgar Sanchez said the suspect, a 20-year-old Hispanic male with shoulder-length dark hair, remains at large.

The victim was approached by the suspect who asked to purchase cigarettes. Upon the victim’s refusal, the suspect allegedly struck him with a metal scooter he was carrying. The victim managed to block the blow with his hand, sustaining a laceration and bruising.

The suspect, believed to be a transient, was last seen wearing a light blue T-shirt and sweatpants of an unknown color. He fled the scene on foot, leaving the victim injured.

Despite a search by responding officers, the suspect remains unlocated.

The victim declined medical treatment.

The investigation is ongoing, according to Sanchez.

Anyone with information about this case is encouraged to call the Pasadena Police at (626) 744-4241 or report information anonymously by contacting “Crime Stoppers” at (800) 222-TIPS (8477), via your smartphone by downloading the “P3 Tips” Mobile App on Google Play or the Apple App Store, or by using the website http://lacrimestoppers.org