Cincinnati man who lost eye in unsolved random beating says crime 'out of control' after brutal viral assault
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After a viral public beatdown in downtown Cincinnati, another resident and victim of a heinous violent crime is speaking out about his experience with roving mobs in the city.
On Sept. 23, 2023, Chris Lewis, then 39, was walking home late at night from a Cincinnati Reds game when he was randomly jumped by three juveniles.
"They just immediately sucker-punched me in the eye," Lewis told Fox News Digital in an interview Monday. "And then, right as soon as that happened, I knew that I was in trouble."
Over a year-and-half period, Lewis underwent six surgeries to try to correct his vision. None of them fixed the issue, and he ultimately lost his eye. He now wears a prosthetic.
"So, after they hit me, I knew immediately my eye was kind of exposed," he said. "I sort of covered my face and sat down on the ground, and I was trying to explain to them that they had just caused a serious injury. And they were kicking me the whole time and sort of like ignoring sort of what I was trying to describe to them."
The teens robbed Lewis of his earbuds and phone and ran away into the night.
"It's significantly reduced my quality of life," he told Fox News Digital. "Like, I have trouble driving, confidence is kind of, you know, taking a hit. It's really, like, I view my life as the before and after of this event because it's so dramatically impacted just my quality of life, my relationships, just all aspects of it have kind of been hampered by that evening."
None of the juveniles involved in the attack have been arrested, and Lewis said the city's resources are stretched to the limit.
"We've been having a lot of issues with juveniles, and I think they're kind of like overexerted trying to keep them in line, and so they did not … spend a lot of resources investigating my crime," he said. "And their attitude was sort of like, ‘This is happening all the time.’ They can't really get it under control."
He said the July 26 brawl in Cincinnati brought back difficult memories, though, in his case, the attack was unprovoked. He is disappointed and frustrated with the city's inability to find solutions to violent crime issues, calling the efforts "ineffective" and adding that he resents the political polarization of the crime issue.
"I think that everyone deserves to feel safe and secure in their community, and so we should be trying to work together to identify and implement solutions," he said. "So, I got a little frustrated by some of the, like, ingrained, entrenched kind of arguments that were occurring just because I want to find solutions and just sort of prevent this from happening to anyone else.
Hopefully everyone can stay of the loony land Cincinnati. land of Left-wing anarchy and violence.
And no, they don't want you having a gun so you can protect yourself either.
