An Asian man waiting for the subway in Brooklyn was spit on by a crazed stranger who threatened to shoot him, blaming him for coronavirus, police said Wednesday.
The 26-year-old victim was confronted inside the Atlantic Ave./Barclays Center station about 11:25 a.m. Tuesday, cops said.
“You f---ing Chinese, spreading the coronavirus," the assailant said. “You people got the virus.”
He then spit in the victim’s face and mimicked having a gun, jamming his hand in his coat pocket and pointing his finger.
The victim alerted a nearby cop and a suspect was quickly arrested.
Nicholas Theodore, 19, was charged with aggravated harassment and menacing. He was given a desk appearance ticket and released. Theodore, who lives in Harlem, has no prior arrests, sources said.
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The victim, who lives on the Lower East Side, did not seek medical treatment.
The shocking attack is the eighth coronavirus-inspired hate crime the NYPD has investigated since the start of the pandemic.
