{"id":173438,"date":"2026-03-24T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173438\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T17:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:01:09","slug":"2nd-man-charged-in-elmont-acid-attack-on-nafiah-ikram-source-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/173438\/","title":{"rendered":"2nd man charged in Elmont acid attack on Nafiah Ikram, source says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prosecutors have charged a second man in the attack on\u00a0an Elmont college student\u00a0who was splashed in the face with sulfuric acid<\/a> outside her\u00a0home in 2021, a law enforcement source said.<\/p>\n

It marks the second arrest in the case, following the indictment last month<\/a> of Terrell Campbell, 29, of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

The identity of the second suspect was not immediately released. He is expected in court Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Campbell pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of assault and misdemeanor charges of criminal possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of noxious materials in connection with an attack on Nafiah Ikram on March 17, 2021.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors said Campbell waited outside Ikram\u2019s Elmont house\u00a0as Ikram, a pre-med student at Hofstra University, arrived home from her job at a CVS pharmacy.<\/p>\n

Ikram, now 26, said she did not know Campbell or see her attacker as a large man in a hoodie lurked behind her and splashed her face with acid, blinding her in one eye, permanently damaging her face and burning her esophagus and body. She has since\u00a0undergone multiple surgeries.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors did not give a motive for\u00a0the attack when they charged Campbell\u00a0and said they were investigating whether additional suspects were involved. They said Campbell was charged based on tips and surveillance footage<\/a> that showed his 2015 red Nissan Altima near the house at the time of the attack.<\/p>\n

The attacker was wearing gloves and holding a Styrofoam cup that later tested positive for 70% sulfuric acid, prosecutors said. Investigators later found Campbell\u2019s search history, which included queries about\u00a0how to get acid out of a car’s upholstery and searches for news about the attack, they said.<\/p>\n

Prosecutors also found a 2023 rap song by Campbell, which included the lyrics:\u00a0“On the street in the night like a hitman assassin, try to run up, have your face burn in acid.”<\/p>\n

The case was nearing the statute of limitations to file charges before an arrest was made.<\/p>\n

Ikram\u2019s story garnered national attention, including from television host Padma Lakshmi, who asked her 2 million followers on social media for tips in the case.<\/p>\n

Authorities said they planned to pay a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest, but police did not disclose who offered the tips for the reward.<\/p>\n

If convicted, Campbell faces up to 25 years in prison. He is scheduled to return to court April 16 for his next hearing while awaiting trial.<\/p>\n

Check back for updates on this developing story.<\/p>\n

\"John<\/p>\n

\n\tJohn Asbury is a breaking news and general assignment reporter. He has been with Newsday since 2014 and previously worked at The Press-Enterprise in Riverside, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prosecutors have charged a second man in the attack on\u00a0an Elmont college student\u00a0who was splashed in the face…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":173439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[303,5368,8015,9,24,63,122,124,123,5369],"class_list":["post-173438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-crime","tag-local-crime","tag-nassau","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-state-and-local-courts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}