'They could have killed me,' knockout victim says
UPSTAIRS. NEITHER WAS HURT THANK PLY. POLICE ARE NOW SEARCHING FOR THE SUSPECTS. A MAN SUCKER PUNCHED FROM BEHIND FOR NO REASON IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY STREET. EVERYWHERE. BLOOD EVERYWHERE. HE IS ONE OF THREE APPARENT VICTIMS OF THE SO-CALLED KNOCKOUT GAME IN WORCESTER. WCVB NEWSCENTER 5'S PHIL LIPOF HAS THE INTERVIEW ONLY ON 5:00 TONIGHT, PHIL. THE THIRD MAN IN WORCESTER OVER THE LAST MNT ALONE TO BE SO VICIOUSLY, SENSELESSLY ATTACKED. THEY COULD HAVE KILLED ME, YOU KNOW? MIKE DAVE RACE KNOWS IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE, BUT AS IT IS, IT IS BAD ENOUGH. I CARRY THIS SIDE. THE LEFT SIDE. THE LEFT SIDE. IT HAPPENED HERE ON THE MAIN STREET IN BROAD DAYLIGHT. WAS WALKING HOME FROM A COFFEE SHOP WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE ASH SUCKER PUNCH. NO TIME TO DEFEND HIMSELF. I ROOM THE HIT. I RAILROAD THE HIT. THAT WAS IT. THE INCOMES THING I KNOW, I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET HERE. I WAS DAZED. BLOOD EVERYWHERE. THE END RESULT, FIVE FRACTURES INCLUDING THE EYE SOCKET AND NOSE. HE WILL NEED SURGERY NOW. POLICE SAY IT COULD BE THE KNOCKOUT GAME POPPING UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THE GOAL TO PUNCH A TOTALLY UNSUSPECTING STRANGER TO KNOCK THEM UNCONSCIOUS. IN THE PAST MON, IT HAPPENED HERE ON CHATHAM STREET, NOT FAR FROM CITY HALL, ON BUSY MILLBURY STREET. DAVE IS WITHIN OF THREE WHO HAS BEEN INJURED. I THINK WHEN YOU GO OUT IN THE DAYTIME, YOU SHOULD BE SAFE, YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING? I THINK THAT IS THE TIME WHERE I HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT. I GUESS I WAS WRONG. WORCESTER POLICE ARE NOT HAPPY. THEY PUT OUT ADVISORY CALLING THE ATTACKS BRAZEN. THEY ARE WARNING RESIDENTS NOW TO BE AWARE OF THEIR SUNDAYS SURROUNDINGS. STILL POLICE TELL US, TONIGHT, THEY CANNOT BE POSITIVE THESE THREE ATTACKS ARE CONNECTED, BUT
Three recent "knockout" attacks in Worcester may be part of a dangerous game, police warned residents.
Mike Davis says he could have been killed. The 56-year-old Worcester man was knocked unconscious by a punch on Friday.
Watch report
He was walking on Main Street in Worcester, a few blocks from his home, when someone came from behind and attacked.
"I remember the hit, felt the hit and that was it. Next thing you know, I was in the middle of the street," Davis said.
Strangers in a nearby store pulled him back onto the sidewalk and tried to help. He suffered five fractures and will require surgery.
My eye (socket) is broken. That's why you see all the redness. Over here, my nose is fractured.They could have killed me, because it's a head injury. If anything had gone up into the brain I would have been like a vegetable for the rest of my life. It's just that close," he said.
Worcester police are investigating the incident and two others that they believe could be part of the so-called "knockout game."
An advisory says police wants to make "citizens aware that these brazen attacks have occurred. Police urge citizens to use caution and be aware of your surrounds when walking alone."
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'They could have killed me,' knockout victim says