Stranger punched infant on busy South End Charlotte street Sunday morning, police say

Police arrested a man accused of punching a 1-year-old child in the face in the middle of Charlotte’s South End neighborhood late Sunday morning.

The child’s mother said an “unknown man” hit her child near the intersection of West Summit Avenue and South Tryon Street, according to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department news release.

Officers quickly arrested Rico Limon Williams, 26, with help from witnesses and bystanders on West Summit Avenue — a busy, bar-lined street that houses Vana, Vinyl and Wooden Robot Brewery. Limon faces charges of assault on a child under 12, according to the new release.

Police are still investigating and have not said what caused the assault or if Limon knew the child or mother.

Anyone with information can call CMPD at 704-432-TIPS or contact Crime Stoppers at 704-334-1600 or http://charlottecrimestoppers.com.

Julia Coin

The Charlotte Observer

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Julia Coin covers courts, legal issues, police and public safety around Charlotte and is part of the Pulitzer-finalist team that covered Tropical Storm Helene in North Carolina. As the Observer’s breaking news reporter, she unveiled how fentanyl infiltrated local schools. Michigan-born and Florida-raised, she studied journalism at the University of Florida, where she covered statewide legislation, sexual assault on campus and Hurricane Ian in her hometown of Sanibel Island. Support my work with a digital subscription