KENSINGTON, Brooklyn (WABC) — Police are searching for a man accused of assaulting a boy after a snowball was allegedly thrown at his minivan.
It happened last Wednesday, December 17 on Ocean Parkway in Kensington, Brooklyn.
Authorities say the boy’s friend threw a snowball at the suspect’s vehicle.
The man is accused of chasing the boys down, grabbing the 10-year-old, and then slamming his head into the windshield of a parked car.
The suspect then took off in his silver minivan westbound on Ditmas Avenue toward Cortelyou Road.
The victim sustained pain to the right side of his head and left hand and was taken to Maimonides Medical Center by EMS in stable condition.
He is expected to recover.
Anyone with information regarding this 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).
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