An Asian grandmother who struggles for three months to recover from brain damage after being smashed in the face with a stone during new York the street attack died from his injuries.
Guing Ma, 61, died on February 22, although she briefly came out of her coma weeks earlier.
Ma, who immigrated from Liaoning four years ago, Chinawas sweeping her front sidewalk on November 26, 2021, in Jackson Heights, Queens, when 32-year-old Elisaul Perez, a homeless man sleeping on the street, attacked her, according to her family.
He was arrested and charged with assault, but police and prosecutors do not consider him hateful crime.
However, the family said the deadly man made other Asians in the city feel targeted.
“The defendant, who was arrested and charged in the attack, had several previous arrests, a long criminal record and was known to pose a threat to the community,” her family said in a GoFundMe post announcing her death. Strict law enforcement to keep the Asian-American community safe. “
Guing Ma, 61, died on February 22, although she briefly came out of her coma weeks earlier. Ma struggles to recover from her brain injuries from the attack and briefly came out of her coma in early February before dying on February 22.
Guing Ma, 61, who immigrated four years ago from Liaoning, China, was sweeping her front sidewalk on November 26, 2021 in Jackson Heights, Queens, when Elisaul Perez, 32, a homeless man sleeping on the street, attacked her.
The attack left Ma with permanent damage to the right side of her brain and part of her skull had to be removed by doctors to relieve the swelling.
Even with her traumatic brain injury, she was able to recognize her husband and answer him, rolling her eyes and tearing when he spoke to her.
“The love between Ms. Ma and her husband, Mr. Jansin Gao, has remained,” her family wrote on the crowdfunding site. ‘[She] he managed to raise his hand in response to Mr. Gao, even thinking that he could not speak motionless.
Unfortunately, she died earlier this month.
Her family said she would be remembered as “a compliant, friendly and kind person who cared for everyone and insisted on giving to others, even when there was very little to give.”
In addition to her husband, she leaves behind her son, who is still in China, and two grandchildren.
Her son is expected to fly to New York for the funeral.
Elisaul Perez, 32, is accused of assaulting Ma, but Queens District Attorney is considering more serious charges.
The Queens District Attorney said they were reviewing the case and weighing more serious charges, including murder, against Perez after her death.
Ma is one of four street attacks on Asians in New York in the last few months.
Deloitte consultant Michelle Go, 40, was pushed under a moving subway train by a homeless man in Times Square in mid-January.
Christina Yuna Lee, 35, was stabbed by a homeless man after being followed into her apartment building as she was returning from a night out.
Yao Pan Ma, 49, who connects the two ends by collecting recycling bins on the street, died on Jan. 31 after being brutally hit in the head by Jared Powell, who claims he is taking revenge for being robbed by an Asian.
There were 131 hate crimes against Asians in New York last year, a huge jump from the 28 Asian attacks in 2020, according to the New York Police Department.
