Two women of Asian descent were brutally beaten and one of them was dragged by the car of one of the suspects who stole their belongings Sunday afternoon in San Francisco.
The theft, caught on camera, occurred around 3:45 pm, in the Polk Street and Bush Street area.
Police reported that both victims, aged 33 and 53, were walking when three suspects attacked them from behind.
One of the suspects took the purse of one of the women who struggled to keep it from being taken from her. A second suspect hit her multiple times in the face.
Authorities indicated that the other woman tried to help her friend, but during the struggle she fell to the ground causing the suspect to kick her repeatedly.
The suspects boarded a vehicle and as they fled one of the women clung to the driver’s door.
In the images, you can see the moment when one of the victims is dragged a short distance until he abruptly falls to the pavement. The suspects fled the scene at full speed.
The women suffered non-life threatening injuries.
If you have information about the case, contact the police at 1-415-575-4444 or text a suggestion to TIP411 and begin the text message with the initials SFPD.
The person is also believed to have assaulted a 60-year-old man and a 55-year-old woman in the same area in Oakland, California.