A younger mom and her child had been blasted of their faces with an unknown substance whereas using an M prepare in Queens by a stranger apparently irate that the lady earlier had refused to let him borrow her telephone, police mentioned.
The 25-year-old girl and her 11-month-old daughter had been sitting on a southbound M prepare Friday round 11 a.m. when an unidentified man stomped as much as them and sprayed the lady within the face and arm with one thing because the prepare approached the Courtroom Sq.-Twenty third St. station, based on police. A few of the substance additionally hit the child lady in her face and arm.
Afterward the suspect ran off the prepare on the station.
EMS took mother and daughter to Mount Sinai Queens hospital the place they had been in steady situation.
The girl informed police that earlier than she boarded the prepare just a few stops north, the suspect had approached her and requested if he might use her cellphone. After she declined, that they had no additional interplay till he sprayed her on the prepare — apparently having adopted her there from the station.
Police are investigating. To date nobody has been arrested.
Initially Revealed: June 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM EDT
