Teen mob attacks girl on Brooklyn sidewalk for her sneakers, iPhone

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Published on Jul 8, 2020
A teenage girl was brutally attacked for her shoes and iPhone by a gang in Brooklyn.

Video shows a group of teenage boys pounce on a 15-year-old girl.

It happened Thursday at 4:10 p.m. on Utica Avenue in Crown Heights

She was taken to the hospital for bruising and trauma and is expected to recover.

Detectives are looking into whether the victim was involved in a previous incident as the reason she was targeted by this group.

Anyone with information in regard to the identity of these individuals is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

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