TEANECK, N.J. (WCBS 880) — A New Jersey man was arrested after he allegedly smashed the windows of a pediatric office and a dry cleaner with a hammer in a possible anti-Semitic rampage, according to a report.
Camwren Cole, 23, of Teaneck, started smashing windows inside Riverside Pediatrics on Palisade Avenue around 12 p.m. on Sunday, NBC New York reported, citing information from police.
Not long after, he made his way to Parisian Cleaners on Cedar Lane, where he was arrested, the outlet reported.
A receptionist who worked at the pediatric office was injured when a glass shard from one of the windows hit her nose, according to the outlet.
A witness, Jill Gordon, told the outlet she and her 10-year-old daughter were inside a bathroom at the pediatric office when Cole began smashing windows.
“I open the door and there’s a man in front of me with blood dripping down his arm, holding a hammer and he says, ‘Are you Jewish?’” Gordon said. “And I thought, ‘I’m not answering that question,’ and I slammed the door and locked it.”
Cole was not immediately charged with a hate crime in connection with the incident, prompting New Jersey Rep. Josh Gottheimer to call for an investigation.
“Imagine someone coming after you with a hammer with blood dripping from it and asking you if you’re Jewish? That’s why we need to investigate this and see it through,” Gottheimer told the outlet.
Cole’s attorney information wasn’t immediately available Monday.
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