A Man And Woman Turned Themselves In After They Assaulted An 80-year-old Man At A Grocery Store

Updated: July 15, 2020.

Roberto Flores Lopez, an 80-year-old man, who was grocery shopping with his wife in Lancaster, California was assaulted last Wednesday when he went to the restroom. Now police officials in the area are seeking information on his assailant while his family awaits his recovery.

Last week, Lancaster deputies received a 911 call around 8:30 a.m. in response to an assault that occurred with a deadly weapon at a grocery store.

The assault, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Lancaster Station, took place in the 1000 block of East Avenue J and occurred in the bathroom of a grocery store. At the time, Lopez and his wife had headed to the store for a shopping trip when he went to the restroom. According to Lopez’s son, Francisco Ordorico, his father was found “inside the bathroom and he was bleeding on the floor.”

When police arrived on the scene, Lopez told them that he had been assaulted while inside the store’s restroom by someone who repeatedly punched and kicked him and then stole his wallet.

According to KTLA, Lopez “was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital and is currently being treated for facial injuries and several broken ribs.”

Ordorico told the outlet that his father had been “rushed to the hospital and placed in an intensive care unit.” KTLA also reports that even after Lopez gave the attacker his wallet, he continued to kick him and punch him in the head to the point that Lopez had to beg for his life.

Soon after a prominent local figure, asked the man involved in the battery to turn himself in, two people involved came forward.

According to Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. , the two suspects arrived at the Lancaster police station at 8 pm and are currently in custody. Investigators identified the suspects as Tamika White, 33, and Damaris Wade, 22. White is accused of accompanying Wade while he assaulted Flores-Lopez in the bathroom at the Lancaster grocery store.

According to Lt. Jon Hoyt, of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station Wade’s family met with Flores-Lopez’s and said “Both families call for unity within our community.” Hoyt went on to say that “I think we have great ties with our community leaders,” Hoyt said. “This was a serious crime that was solved.”

Lopez’s family have also asked those capable of supporting to help cover his medical bills through his Gofundme page here.