86-year-old man offered ride in SF gets beaten in backseat, robbed

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An elderly man who was offered a ride by a man and woman ended up being robbed and beaten Sunday evening in San Francisco, authorities said.

At about 5:25 p.m., police received a call that an 86-year-old man had been beaten up after his two attackers, who both appeared to be 45, stole money from him in the Mission District. The man had been “hanging out” near 16th Street and Hoff Street when a woman drove up to him and offered him a ride, said Officer Joseph Tomlinson, a San Francisco police spokesman.

The man initially told police he thought he recognized the woman, police said.

When the 86-year-old got into the rear passenger seat, a male passenger allegedly demanded his money. The man refused, at which point the male passenger dragged the elderly man out of the car, punched him in the face multiple times, stole his cash and jumped back into the car so he and the woman could flee the scene, Tomlinson said.

No arrests were made.

The man was transferred to the hospital with bruising and swelling to his face, but his injuries were not life threatening, police said.

Erin Stone is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: erin.stone@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @erstone7