78-Year-Old Dallas Body Shop Owner Pistol-Whipped in Cedar Crest Robbery
A masked suspect attacked and robbed 78-year-old Ismael Arreola at his Cedar Crest body shop on 20 October. Dallas Police are still searching for the perpetrator.
Masked Robber Beats Elderly Business Owner at Dallas Body Shop
Dallas Police are searching for an unidentified suspect who pistol-whipped a 78-year-old body shop owner during a midday robbery in the city's Cedar Crest neighbourhood, fox4news.com reports.
The incident took place on 20 October at around 12 p.m. in the 100 block of East Saner Avenue. According to police, the masked suspect entered Arreola's, a body shop, struck the owner — Ismael Arreola — on the head and ear with a pistol, took his necklace, and fled the scene. A cross pendant was found dropped near the exit.
Arreola's niece, Mary Martinez, described the attack to Fox 4's Peyton Yager. "As soon as he came in, he said a profanity, a bad word, and then just started hitting him," she said. Workers were on the other side of the wall at the time of the assault and did not intervene. Arreola was transported to hospital and discharged on Wednesday morning.
Martinez said her uncle has run the body shop for 30 years. "Came in my uncle's place of business and hurt him for no reason whatsoever. Just to take a necklace," she told reporters. Despite the severity of the attack, she expressed relief at the outcome: "It could have been so much worse, and we are grateful it wasn't. It's bad, it's horrific what they did to him, but he's here."
Security footage from the business captured images of the masked suspect both before and after the robbery. No arrests have been made, and police have not publicly identified a suspect. The investigation remains ongoing.
Information for this report comes from the Dallas Police Department and an interview with the victim's niece, Mary Martinez.
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