SAN FERNANDO – Authorities Thursday were looking for the man who assaulted and robbed a woman earlier this week in San Fernando.
The crime occurred about 3 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of Park Avenue, according to KTLA5.
The victim, Juliana Murillo, had just bought her mother a bouquet of flowers for her birthday when her attacker came up from behind as she was just outside her apartment building and violently knocked her down, sending everything she was holding, including the flowers, to the ground.
“He pushed me really hard and I hit my head on the door,” Murillo told KTLA. “My body just went into shock. I couldn’t process what was going on. I kept saying, `What are you doing, what are you doing?’ He used force to turn me over and he pulled out my purse and took off.”
Despite the hit to her head, Murillo was able to put up a fight, struggling with the man, who eventually made off with her purse, which carried her car keys, credit cards and identification.
The suspect then took off in a dark-colored vehicle.
Murillo suffered several injuries, including a bruise on her right knee. And said her sense of security was shattered.
“I was born and raised in San Fernando,” she said. “I’m a daughter, sister, I’m a friend, a loved one and no loved one should go through this. It was unexpected. It was just traumatic.”