Philadelphia

Teen Girl: Catcaller Knocked My Boyfriend Unconscious

A man who tried to defend his pregnant girlfriend from a group of catcallers ended up in a Philadelphia hospital with a broken jaw.

The victim, 20, was attacked around midnight Friday in Southwest Philadelphia as he walked along the 6500 block of Dicks Avenue with his 17-year-old girlfriend, who is five-months pregnant, and her sister.

The girlfriend, who did not want to be identified, told NBC10 they were approached by a group of men.

“Three guys started catcalling me,” the girl said. “My boyfriend was standing next to me. He started to say, ‘That’s rude. That’s disrespectful. I’m her boyfriend and I’m right here.’”

The girl says the men then approached her boyfriend.

“They kind of made a circle around him,” she said. “They were pretty large guys. Then one man standing in front of him came out of nowhere and punched him on the side of the jaw.”

The punch knocked her boyfriend unconscious. The three men fled on foot, going westbound on Buist Avenue, according to Philadelphia police.

“Half of his jaw was separated,” the girl said. “I was screaming. My sister was screaming and people stopped. The cops came eventually.”

The victim underwent hours of surgery at Hahnemann Hospital. He was released from the hospital Monday. The victim's sister told NBC10 the lower part of his jaw was bolted and wired shut after it was split in half during the attack.

"He can't speak, he's hunched over when he walks and he'll have to be fed through a syringe for at least the next eight weeks," his sister told NBC10.

Philadelphia police do not have detailed descriptions of the assailants. One man they described as is in his 30s, heavy build, with facial hair. He was wearing a red hoody. The other two men were wearing dark clothing and one of them is described as thin.
 

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