The victim remains in critical condition, unable to communicate, with internal bleeding to the brain.
Now, the Sikh community is calling for more police protection.
A prayer for healing was given among the local Sikh community by Dr. Gurdial Singh Randhawa, the brother of Harpal Singh, who was brutally attacked with a golf club on Lankershim Boulevard and left for dead.
It happened while he was out for an afternoon walk near his place of worship.
The 70-year-old barely survived the attack but has been in the hospital, unresponsive and in critical condition, ever since. He's undergone three surgeries in the past week for broken facial bones and bleeding on the brain.
Disturbing video from after the attack shows Singh sitting on the sidewalk in a pool of his own blood, with the weapon used in his attack still sitting at his feet.
"Brutally attacked. I don't know how God saved him. He was almost dead," Singh Randhawa said.
"The fact that this happened and no one came to stop it until the point that Dr. Singh was just left in such critical condition, absolutely has spread fear in our community," said Munmeeth Kaur, the legal director of the Sikh Coalition.
"An assault on any one member of our community is an assault on all of us," said District 7 L.A. City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez.
The Sikh community has been a frequent target of attacks for decades, often in cases of mistaken identity by anti-muslim attackers. Los Angeles police say that was not the case in this incident, but members of the community still feel like they need protection.
"We are asking, we're demanding, that there be increased security in this area so that our community can freely move about and feel at ease to be able to be here, to be walking," Kaur said.
"Please help us, and if somebody can tell us more, something more could happen; we would really appreciate it," Singh Randhawa said.
Anyone who may have witnessed the attack is encouraged to speak to LAPD.