A Lengthy Island “sports activities dad” was brutally attacked by a road vendor over a measly $20 buy exterior Manhattan’s iconic Beacon Theatre, leaving him with a traumatic mind damage, based on police sources and his family members.
Sean Llewellyn, 47, had simply left a live performance exterior the Higher West Aspect venue on Broadway close to West seventy fifth Road the night time of Nov. 30 when he tried to make a purchase order from a person promoting knickknacks exterior, the sources mentioned.
Llewellyn handed the vendor $20 – and was apparently owed change – however the shady hawker ran off with the invoice, based on the sources.
When Llewellyn chased after him, the seller was joined by a number of different individuals who started beating the dad up, the sources mentioned.
The blows have been sufficient to ship Llewellyn to the hospital with a traumatic mind damage and a damaged eye socket, based on a GoFundMe web page organized on behalf of his household.
No weapons appeared to have been used in the course of the savage assault, sources mentioned.
His household mentioned their cherished one has a protracted highway to restoration forward of him, as he’s set to bear surgical procedure, based on the fundraising web page.
“Sean is a devoted household man, a proud sports activities dad, and the ‘enjoyable coach’ everybody loves,” the web page reads.
“As the first supplier for his household, together with his three younger boys at house, this tragedy has created an awesome monetary pressure,” the family members wrote.
“With Sean unable to work and important medical bills forward, the household wants help now.”
Llewellyn, of Lengthy Seashore, is a youth hockey coach, and he and his spouse Shannon “are devoted and devoted members of their neighborhood,” based on the GoFundMe.
“They constantly take time away from their very own household to help fundraising for others in want, chair church occasions, and volunteer in numerous methods,” the couple’s family members wrote.
“Their generosity and dedication have touched so many lives, and now, of their time of want, the neighborhood has a possibility to provide again.”
No arrests had been made in connection to the mindless assault by Friday.
