A woman unleashed bear spray at a Lower Manhattan hotel Monday while fighting over luggage with another lady she went to a Pride Week event with — leaving eight people needing medical treatment, cops and sources said.
The unidentified suspect discharged the mace just after 8 a.m. inside a room at the DoubleTree by Hilton New York Downtown hotel on Stone Street near Whitehall Street, during a spat with a 28-year-old woman, according to police and sources.
The two women, who were staying at the hotel, knew each other and had gone to a Pride event together the night before getting into the tiff over about their travel gear, the law-enforcement sources said.
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The target of the sprayer’s rampage was evaluated by EMS workers at the scene, along with two other women, ages 53 and 41 and a 78-year-old man, 62-year-old man and 35-year-old man, police said.
It was not immediately clear whether the alleged sprayer stepped out of the room at any point, or how the others were exposed.
The FDNY responded to a report of fumes in the hotel, and the building was evacuated, according to the department.
Footage posted to the Citizen app showed multiple people standing outside with their bags as first responders descended on the scene.
The spray-wielding woman – known only to the intended victim as “Seven,” according to the sources – fled the scene and had not been arrested hours later, cops said.
