Rocky Granata with nephew
A 64-year-old New Jersey man driving a Trump camper was brutally beaten with a hammer Friday and airlifted to a local hospital in critical condition.
Rocky Granata of Edison, a beloved father and grandfather, was well known in the region and across the nation for his Trump RV.
Granata attended Trump rallies, traveled across the country in his Trump RV and sold merchandise.
Rocky Granata’s Trump camper
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On Friday, Rocky Granata was beaten with a bat and left with “serious head injuries.”
The suspect, Michael Gonzales, 36, was charged with attempted murder.
The Asbury Park Press reported:
A 64-year-old Edison man was hospitalized after being struck with a bat during an attack at Crown Tire on Route 36 in the Port Monmouth section Friday, according to police.
Michael Gonzales, 36, of Philadelphia, was charged with attempted murder. He was arrested by witnesses at the scene and taken into police custody when they arrived, Middletown Deputy Police Chief Paul J. Bailey said.
The victim suffered “significant head injuries” and was taken by helicopter to Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Bailey said.
An investigation determined that Gonzales struck the victim in the head multiple times with a hand sledgehammer, Bailey said.