A deranged stranger slapped a toddler and an unrelated 7-year-old child in a twisted noon tantrum steps from the Excessive Line on Wednesday, cops and sources mentioned.
The attacker – described as an “emotionally disturbed individual” – struck the 2-year-old lady and school-aged boy within the face round 12:30 p.m. at West twenty first Road and tenth Avenue in Hudson Yards, based on authorities and sources.
Each kids had been acutely aware and alert and their mother and father refused medical consideration on their behalf, cops mentioned.
The younger victims weren’t associated – one is a New Yorker and the opposite from a vacationer household, the sources mentioned.
The attacker, described as having a darkish complexion, final seen sporting a black hoodie with the phrase “Champion” on it, black pants, and black sneakers, was final seen leaving the Excessive Line, the sources mentioned.
He was nonetheless on the free Wednesday night.
