Crime & Safety
Hate Crimes Unit Investigating Attack At Brooklyn Pizzeria: Cops
A woman shook a pepper shaker at another woman while making anti-Black and anti-immigrant statements at the Fulton Street shop, police said.
BROOKLYN, NY — Police are asking the public's help to find a woman who attacked someone in a possible hate crime at a Brooklyn pizzeria last week, according to the NYPD.
The woman walked into Not Ray's Pizza on Fulton Street around 5:20 p.m. on Friday just as a 36-year-old woman was trying to leave the pizzeria, police said.
The woman walking in grabbed a shaker of black pepper and began shaking pepper at the 36-year-old while making anti-Black and anti-immigrant statements, police said.
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She then left on foot, police said.
The incident is being investigated by the NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force, police said. The woman is being sought on aggravated harassment charges.
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The 36-year-old was not injured during the incident, police said.
Anyone with information in regard to 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). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website atWWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, or on Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are strictly confidential.
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