{"id":2018592,"date":"2023-08-31T19:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T23:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-veteran-brutally-beaten-while-walking-dog-in-his-neighborhood\/"},"modified":"2023-08-31T19:43:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T23:43:19","slug":"navy-veteran-brutally-beaten-while-walking-dog-in-his-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-veteran-brutally-beaten-while-walking-dog-in-his-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy vet viciously attacked while walking dog in local area."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnavy-veteran-brutally-beaten-while-walking-dog-in-his-neighborhood%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2018592&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A Navy Veteran&#8217;s\u2064 Harrowing Experience: Beaten \u200cand Robbed \u2064in \u2064His\u200b Philadelphia Neighborhood<\/h2>\n<p>A Navy veteran&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/navy-veteran-brutally-beaten-while-walking-dog-in-his-neighborhood\/\" title=\"Navy vet viciously attacked while walking dog in local area.\">peaceful evening walk<\/a> \u2063with his dog turned\u2062 into a nightmare when he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-for-brutal-nyc-attack-was-on-parole-for-killing-his-mother\/\" title=\"Man Arrested For Brutal NYC Attack Was On Parole For Killing His Mother\">brutally attacked<\/a> and robbed in his own Philadelphia neighborhood. The incident, \u2063which occurred on Saturday,\u2062 is currently under investigation by authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 victim, 62-year-old Scott\u200d Harris, a former naval\u200b officer, was taking his dog for a \u200cstroll around 11:30 p.m. when he was assaulted \u2063near a\u200b park \u200dwhere a large party was taking place.<\/p>\n<p>The attack left\u200c Harris with severe \u2063injuries, including a brain injury, broken teeth,\u200b and facial bruising. He was rushed to the emergency\u200c room and spent three days in the hospital, with\u200d no recollection of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Adding\u200d insult to injury, Harris&#8217;\u2063 wallet, \u2063containing his ID and credit cards, \u2063was also stolen during the assault.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A \u200bNavy veteran was beaten unconscious and robbed while \u2063walking his dog in Philly\u2019s Brewerytown neighborhood. He \u2063spoke with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrancesWangTV?\">@FrancesWangTV<\/a> about the priceless item\u200b that was \u2062stolen from him. Full story and video HERE:\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XTJLMquEdk\">https:\/\/t.co\/XTJLMquEdk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kWmI5Jh603\">pic.twitter.com\/kWmI5Jh603<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC10 \u200cPhiladelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) \u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCPhiladelphia\/status\/1697011891992707251?\">August 30,\u2062 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Harris, \u200din\u2064 an interview with WTFX,\u2063 shared his experiences serving\u200b overseas as a naval officer and the shocking details of the attack that left him with over\u2064 100 stitches.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There was\u200d a large party going on across \u2063the street that in hindsight I probably should have avoided, and the next thing I remember, I&#8217;m in the \u200demergency room because I just kind of blacked out after that,&#8221; \u2062Harris recounted.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his military service, he expressed disbelief that such \u2062a \u200cviolent\u2062 incident could occur in his own neighborhood. &#8220;I did a year in a \u2064war zone in Iraq, did two years\u200c in Ukraine, and would not \u200chave expected this to happen\u2062 in my very own neighborhood,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Hurchick, who resides with Harris, praised the actions of three good Samaritans who \u200chelped bring Harris and his dog safely home\u200c after the horrifying crime. However, he is\u2062 now calling for\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-jamaal-bowman-pushes-defunding-police-after-requesting-special-police-protection-at-his-home\/\" title=\"Democrat Jamaal Bowman Pushes Defunding Police After Requesting Special Police Protection At His Home\">increased police presence<\/a> in\u2064 their neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>Hurchick claims that local authorities \u200dhave \u200cignored their concerns about large \u2063gatherings in\u200d the\u200c nearby park, and he fears that without proper policing, the situation\u2064 could escalate further. &#8220;This is what happens\u200b when \u200dsomething&#8217;s not policed. It could have been worse,&#8221; Hurchick warned.\u200b &#8220;Is it going to take a murder for&#8230; this to stop?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/navy-veteran-brutally-beaten-walking-dog-neighborhood\/\">Navy Veteran Brutally Beaten While\u2064 Walking Dog in His \u200bNeighborhood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Navy veteran in Philadelphia was hospitalized after a brutal attack and robbery. The authorities are investigating the incident where Scott Harris, a 62-year-old former naval officer, was beaten while walking his dog near a park during a late-night party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":666,"featured_media":2018593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2018592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/666"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2018592"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2018592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2018593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2018592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2018592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2018592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}