NYC homeless man hurls cell phone at baby in stroller during Bryant Park horror attack: cops

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A crazed homeless man went on a rampage in Manhattan’s Bryant Park Saturday in which he hurled a cell phone at a mother and her infant in a stroller — striking the child in the arm, cops said.

People sit under large green and beige umbrellas in Bryant Park. — People try to stay cool during a heat wave in Bryant Park in Manhattan on July 01, 2026 in New York City. Getty Images

Around 10:00 a.m. Saturday, 49-year-old Marc Okon allegedly targeted the stroller near Sixth Avenue and West 41st Street, striking the baby girl in the left arm with a cell phone and causing visible redness.

NYPD Critical Response Command (CRC) team vehicles parked outside Bryant Park in Manhattan. — NYPD CRC (Critical Response Command ) team outside Bryant Park this morning in Manhattan, New York, U.S., August 15, 2020 Rashid Umar Abbasi

Okon, who is homeless, then reportedly retrieved the device and threw it again at the 39-year-old mother, though the phone missed its mark.

Police took Okon into custody at the scene, charging him with assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and reckless endangerment.

Police said the victims did not know Okon.