53-year-old Woman Victim Of Battery Assault At El Rey Supermarket On Chávez Drive In Milwaukee Says It Was Unprovoked

Victim of battery assault says the attack by a young woman was unprovoked.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

November 3, 2023

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On November 3, 2023 at around 2:15 p.m., Ana Maria Guzmán Moreno, 53, was a victim of an unprovoked battery assault when entering the El Rey Supermarket located at the 900 block of South César E Chavez Drive in Milwaukee. According to Guzmán Moreno, she was physically attacked by a young woman when she entered the El Rey food store in the Southside of Milwaukee. The victim looked at a girl talking or arguing with a store male security and the moment she passed, the unknown girl turned and slapped Guzmán Moreno without any provocation.

Two Milwaukee police officers arrived at the scene after an hour and a half to investigate the reported battery assault. No one was arrested, but police know who the suspect is, due to prior encounters with her.

The Marshall Public Safety security guard at El Rey told the 53-year-old victim that the young woman allegedly suffers from a mental disability and shows signs of schizophrenia. Also, that the young woman with White completion has had previous problems at Pete's Fruit Market as well and the she is known by name by multiple employees at the fruit market, which police also know who the suspect is due to previous contact with her.

According to another individual at El Rey, the young woman made some racially charged remarks to Guzmán Moreno.

Guzmán Moreno when asked about those remarks, she didn't want to repeat them while being video recorded by Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA). Full video interview with Guzmán Moreno: https://youtu.be/NBnZzuOpyfA

It is not clear, if police officers investigating the battery incident requested store video surveillance that could have captured the moment Guzmán Moreno was assaulted by the young woman who apparently is bilingual and speaks both English and Spanish.

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