15-Year Old Charged With Assaulting Senior Citizen

The seventy-one year old male was transported to Oregon Health Science University with extensive head injuries.

(GRESHAM, Ore.) - Police say a 15-year old male was arrested Saturday night after allegedly assaulting a 71-year old man with a baseball bat at the Gresham Central MAX Transit Station.

John Herrera with Gresham Police says that around 9:21 PM Saturday, several Gresham Officers responded to the report of a report of an elderly male that had been beaten with a baseball bat.

It happened at the Gresham Central MAX Transit Station located at NE 8th Street and Kelly Avenue.

Herrera says the fifteen year old male suspect was located and taken into custody within minutes by a Gresham Canine Officer at Division and Hood Avenue.

The seventy-one year old male was transported to Oregon Health Science University, having suffered extensive head injuries. He was admitted into the Neurology Intensive Care Unit at OHSU.

The juvenile suspect was lodged at on first-degree Felony Assault. The East Multnomah Gang Team and Gresham Detectives are still investigating this case.