Authorities are on the lookout for a suspect accused of assaulting a group of children and choking a young boy at a park in Brooklyn.
The incident occurred at Bush-Clinton Park within the Red Hook Recreation Area shortly before 6:30 p.m. last Monday, according to the New York Police Department. Investigators report that the suspect approached a 5-year-old girl, a 7-year-old boy, and a 12-year-old boy.
The man allegedly knocked the 12-year-old and the 5-year-old to the ground. He then reportedly escalated the situation by grabbing the 7-year-old boy by the neck and attempting to strangle him, police stated.
The suspect, captured in images wearing a blue t-shirt, black shorts, and gray and orange athletic sneakers, fled the scene on foot, authorities noted.
Emergency medical services attended to the children, with the 7-year-old boy experiencing bruising and discomfort from the attack. It remains unclear whether the children were accompanied by their parents during the assault.
This troubling episode unfolded on the same day as another disturbing incident in Queens, where a woman allegedly pushed a 7-year-old boy with special needs to the ground while he was walking with his mother near the intersection of Kissena Boulevard and Maple Avenue.
Anyone with information regarding the Brooklyn incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).
