NY toddler attacked, hit in face with suitcase
According to the New York Post, the child suffered bruising and a minor laceration. “Attacking my child – there’s no justification,” said the child’s father, Martin Fleurant. The 30-year-old suspect, Tyriek Martin, was arrested after the attack and taken to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric...
“Hit me, I can fight back, my daughter can’t,” said the child’s father.
A 2-year-old suffered a small laceration to her face after being assaulted with a suitcase by an unhinged man in NYC on Monday night.
The toddler was in a stroller and walking with her mother in Lower Manhattan when a random man approached them and hit the baby in the face with a suitcase, police reported. According to the New York Post, the child suffered bruising and a minor laceration. She was reportedly taken to New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan Hospital, where she was treated and released.
“Attacking my child – there’s no justification,” said the child’s father, Martin Fleurant. “Hit me, I can fight back, my daughter can’t.”
The family recently returned to the U.S. after spending time in Brazil during the COVID pandemic.
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“We’re back two months and look at what happens. There’s no reason for that to be happening to my kid,” Fleurant said.
The 30-year-old suspect, Tyriek Martin, was arrested after the attack and taken to Bellevue Hospital for psychiatric evaluation, per the report. Martin reportedly lives at a homeless shelter on the Bowery. He has been charged with assault and endangering the welfare of a child, New York Daily News reports.
