Scary Park Slope Incident #2: Dad & Baby Assaulted by Teen on Prospect Park West

There was a frightening incident on Prospect Park West near Sixth Street yesterday morning around 9AM involving a random assault by one or more teenagers on a father on his bicycle with his young child. Father and child were on the bike on the sidewalk near the park when, apparently, the teen (or teens) approached and shoved them off the bike to the sidewalk. We were alerted by the blood curdling screams and curses of the father, who was shouting "You better run, I'm going to kill you!" while picking himself and the wailing child, who appeared to be about year old, off the sidewalk. As luck would have it, a police car was a couple of blocks away and a resident alerted them to the screaming while residents went to see if the victims were okay. They went in reverse down Prospect Park West where another resident directed the police down Sixth Street where the kids had run. Within about 90 seconds the area was swarming with cops. At least one of the teens was caught and we're happy to say that, other than being frightened and angry, neither of the victims was hurt. We don't report this because it was the most heinous incident to take place in Brooklyn yesterday, but because it was a disturbing one and because of the level of help that materialized almost instantly.