An 82-year-old man was stabbed in the head with a stick as he was walking down the street in Brooklyn on Sunday morning, cops said.
The elderly man was walking near East 16th Street and Church Avenue in Flatbush when a suspect approached him with a sharp stick and stabbed him several times in the head at about 7 a.m., according to police.
Cops responded to the corner after receiving calls about an assault in progress, an NYPD spokesperson said.
There they found the wounded, elderly man.
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Emergency medical services brought the victim to Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.
The unidentified victim was listed in stable condition on Sunday.
Cops arrested the suspect — Marvin Reyes, 33, of Brooklyn — and charged him with two counts of assault, criminal possession of a weapon and menacing.
Cops still aren’t sure what precipitated the attack.
