Man Hits Sunset Park 3-Year-Old With Bottle During Street Fight: NYPD

SUNSET PARK, BROOKLYN — A 3-year-old child in Sunset Park was sent to Lutheran Hospital on Tuesday morning with lacerations over the eye, police said, after an enraged man threw a bottle that accidentally struck the toddler.

According to the NYPD, shortly after 9 a.m., a 23-year-old man exited a store near the intersection of 60th Street and 5th Avenue.

The man, apparently angry about something that had occurred in the store, picked up a bottle and hurled it. The NYPD said he may have been aiming for the business — although DNAinfo reported that he was targeting another individual. In either case, the projectile hit the child, who was not the intended target, according to the NYPD.

The child was taken to the hospital in stable condition, and the injuries were not life-threatening, according to police.

The man was still on the loose as of noontime Tuesday. Detectives described him as a Hispanic male, but couldn't immediately provide further descriptive information.

Anyone with information on this incident can confidentially report it using the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers website or by anonymously calling the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

Los hispanohablantes pueden llamar 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Tips can also be text-messaged to the NYPD by texting 274637 (CRIMES), then entering TIP577.