Disturbing video footage has captured the moment a wild-eyed woman viciously attacked a New York City Uber driver with pepper spray allegedly ‘because of his skin color.’
The alarming video, which has gone viral on social media, showed Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, unleashing pepper spray in an unprovoked attack on driver, 45-year-old Shohel Mahmud, during a late-night ride in Midtown Manhattan.
The attack occurred around 11:20 pm on Tuesday night near Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street.
The harrowing video shows Guilbeault stepping toward the driver’s seat and unleashing the pepper spray on Mahmud.
Disturbing video footage has captured the moment a wild-eyed woman viciously attacked a New York City Uber driver with pepper spray allegedly ‘because of his skin color’
The alarming video, which has gone viral on social media, showed Jennifer Guilbeault, 23, unleashing pepper spray in an unprovoked attack on driver, 45-year-old Shohel Mahmud, during a late-night ride in Midtown Manhattan
The attack occurred around 11:20 pm on Tuesday night near Lexington Avenue and East 66th Street
Mahmud desperately trying to escape the attack, even jumping out of the moving vehicle at one point thinking it was a robbery.
But as the car continued to move, he got back in when the relentless attack continued.
Afterward, her friend can be heard yelling ‘Jen, Jen, Jen! Why did you do that?’
Mahmud, a father of three from Queens, had picked up Guilbeault and a friend in Midtown for what should have been a routine trip.
Mahmud revealed what he recalled of the terrifying incident and the alleged motive behind the unprovoked assault.
‘Her friend, she is yelling, ‘Jen, Jen, what the f–k, what are you doing? What’s going on?’ Mahmud told the New York Post. ‘Her friend is asking ‘Why did you do that?’ And she say, ‘He’s brown.’
‘They are talking to each other,’ he told The Post. ‘I’m not talking to them, my job is to drive them. I start going straight down the Central Park Traverse, straight down to 65th and Lexington. Suddenly, this girl for no reason spray me with pepper spray.’
Mahmud, a father of three from Queens, had picked up Guilbeault and a friend in Midtown for what should have been a routine trip
Police quickly arrived on scene and arrested Guilbeault on charges of third-degree assault. But she was later released on a desk appearance ticket and has an unknown court date set
‘I mean this is totally ridiculous,’ he said. ‘I do nothing and she spray me. Pepper spray is illegal. She assault a driver for no reason. This is a hate crime.’
Police quickly arrived on scene and arrested Guilbeault on charges of third-degree assault.
But she was later released on a desk appearance ticket and has an unknown court date set.
Authorities aren’t currently investigating the incident as a hate crime, despite Mahmud’s claims of racial motivation.
