Hate crime investigation after teen shouts slur, throws rock through window in Brooklyn

Wednesday, June 29, 2016
MIDWOOD, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Police are looking for a teenage suspect wanted in connection with a hate crime investigation in Brooklyn.

Investigators say the teen shouted an anti-Semitic slur, then threw a rock through the side window of a van driving up Nostrand Avenue in Midwood.
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It happened late Tuesday afternoon.

The Jewish woman driving was unharmed, and the rock narrowly missed her 6-year-old child in the backseat.

The suspect got away, last seen fleeing on foot southbound on Nostrand Avenue.
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The NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force is investigating.

The teen is described as approximately 14-years-old, 5'6" tall, weighing 130 lbs., with short black hair. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a blue t-shirt and black sneakers.
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