EAST HARLEM — A woman was beaten with brass knuckles and nearly stun-gunned for disrespecting her attacker’s mother, police said.
The 26-year-old victim was confronted by two women as she walked under scaffolding in the Wagner Houses, near 50 Paladino Ave., about midnight on July 14, police said.
The older suspect, a woman in her 40’s, ordered the younger woman to, “F*** her up,” police said.
The younger suspect, a woman in her 20’s, repeatedly punched the victim in the right side of the face while wearing brass knuckles, cutting the victim’s forehead, cheek and eye, police said.
“You disrespected my mother,” she yelled while beating the victim, police said.
The crime was reported July 22.
Police believe the two suspects are related but could not confirm that they are a mother-daughter duo.
After the beating, the older suspect grabbed the victim by her hair and pulled her to the ground. She pulled a stun gun out of her pocket book and was about to use it on the victim before a nearby witness intervened, police said.