{"id":235247,"date":"2026-05-18T13:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/235247\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T13:24:08","slug":"maniac-strangles-7-year-old-boy-in-brooklyn-park-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/235247\/","title":{"rendered":"Maniac strangles 7-year-old boy in Brooklyn park: cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/maniac-strangles-boy-brooklyn-nypd-google.jpg\" class=\"crop-center wp-post-image\" alt=\"suspect who strangled boy in brooklyn park next to park sign\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Maniac strangles 7-year-old boy in Brooklyn park: cops 1\"\/>\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Brooklyn detectives are looking for the unhinged man who attacked a group of children \u2014 and strangled one of them \u2014 as they played at Bush-Clinton Park in Red Hook, Brooklyn, earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>Photo via Google Maps\/Inset courtesy of NYPD<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amny.com\/brooklyn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Brooklyn<\/a> detectives are looking for the unhinged man who attacked a group of children \u2014 and strangled one of them \u2014 as they played in a park earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>According to police sources, the disturbing incident unfolded at around 6:26 p.m. on May 11 inside the Bush-Clinton Park in the Red Hook Recreation Area.\n<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement sources said a 5-year-old girl was playing with her 7-year-old and 12-year-old brothers when they began videoing the suspect.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-137849200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1209-26-Strangulation-76-Pct-05-11-26-Photo-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"512\" height=\"843\" title=\"Maniac strangles 7-year-old boy in Brooklyn park: cops 2\"  \/>Cops say they are searching for a maniac who attacked a group of children as they played in a Brooklyn park earlier this month, strangling a 7-year-old child in the process.NYPD\n<\/p>\n<p>Cops said the man became enraged and knocked both the 12-year-old and 5-year-old to the ground before wrapping his hands around the neck of the 7-year-old and squeezing.<\/p>\n<p>The child suffered pain and bruising but was treated on the scene by EMS. The children reported the attack to their parents that evening to officers at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypd76pct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">76th Precinct<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the unhinged brute took off from the park on foot. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt and black shorts, with bright-colored sneakers.\n<\/p>\n<p>No arrests have been made, and the investigation remains ongoing.\n<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information regarding this assault can call Crime Stoppers at 800-577-TIPS (for Spanish, dial 888-57-PISTA). You can also submit tips online at <a href=\"https:\/\/crimestoppers.nypdonline.org,\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">crimestoppers.nypdonline.org,<\/a>\u00a0or on X (formerly Twitter)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nyc.gov\/nypd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@NYPDTips<\/a>. All calls and messages are kept confidential.<\/p>\n<p>\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn detectives are looking for the unhinged man who attacked a group of children \u2014 and strangled one&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235248,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[211,98,100,99,303,9,24,63,103,104],"class_list":["post-235247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-assault","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-crime","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235247","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=235247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}