An elderly man, Rodolfo Rodriquez, was beaten on the LA sidewalk, the witness says he was told to "return to his country"

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles authorities are looking for several suspects for beating a 92-year-old man during a walk on July 4th. The eyewitness video broadcast on local television shows the man on the ground a few moments after the attack, stunned and dripping blood on his face.

The woman who took the video said she was beaten several times with a piece of concrete.

Investigators say that the badault occurred while Rodolfo Rodriguez was pbading in front of a woman while they were walking on a sidewalk in the Willowbrook neighborhood. Authorities say that a group of men joined the attack.

A GoFundMe page set up by the victim's grandson, Erik Mendoza, to help pay for medical expenses, says Rodriguez suffered a broken cheekbone and severe bruising. In just three days, the call for fundraising has exceeded its goal of raising $ 15,000 in the long run. By Tuesday, the GoFundMe page had raised nearly $ 156,000 in donations from more than 5,000 people

Mendoza told CBS Los Angeles that his grandfather speaks little or no English and does not understand why he is attacked.

"I am simply overwhelmed by the way anyone can do it for a human being," said Mendoza. "He is 92, he has no trouble treating you like you did."

According to another witness, identified by CBS Los Angeles only as "Catherine", the girl's mother shouted "bad". things "in Rodriguez as she beat him with his hands and then a piece of concrete, including," go back to your country, why are you here? "

The witness said that she took out her phone and got a picture of a woman, who seems to be holding a piece of concrete while her child is standing nearby." Rodriguez is not seen on the picture.

"When I took the picture, she told me:" Oh, he tried to touch my daughter, "said the woman at CBS Catherine Los Angeles. "I saw it all, it's a lie and when the guys came, they hit him in the face, his body, everything."

Officer Tony Im said Monday that the detectives have not identified any suspects.

Mendoza told CBS Los Angeles that he is still stunned and has trouble understanding the attack on his grandfather, who has US citizenship. "It's the lesson you're going to give your child, so you're hurting the elderly because they're hitting on you?" He said. "I just want to know what's going on in his head."