SPOKANE -- The Spokane Police Department is looking for assistance from the community to help identify a woman who was seen on surveillance video throwing a child down to the pavement in front of the STA Bus Plaza.

At 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning surveillance video caught images of a woman forcibly pulling at her child and then kicking him to the ground.

“She had a little toddler, looked about to be about two years old following her, something made her angry, it looked like in front of three witnesses,” Spokane Police Officer Tim Moses said. “She goes after him, snatches him up and brings him back to the stroller and she knocks him completely off his feet.”

The child landed face first on the sidewalk but the woman pulled him off the ground and kept walking. Other people who saw the abuse confronted her but the woman told them off.

“They must have said something to her because she was angry pointing back at them probably exchanging some kind of words,” Moses said.

Witnesses described her as a light-skinned African American or Native American woman wearing a brown coat with a fur collar, blue jeans, white shirt, black beanie with a long chain and a black pendant around her neck.

Spokane police want to know who this woman is because they think the toddler is getting even worse treatment at home.

“I'd be very concerned about what that child is going through behind closed doors,” Moses said. “I have no idea what's going on inside the home but we need to find out.”

Witnesses to the incident believe that she catches a bus in Spokane Valley near Indiana and Pines and then transfers to another bus going to North Spokane at the STA Plaza.

Police have probable cause to arrest the woman for assaulting her child and are looking for help from the community to identify her. In addition Crime Stoppers has made this case their Crime of the Week and are offering a cash reward for the person who helps identify this woman and assists in bringing her to justice.

If you have any information regarding this incident you can call Crime Stoppers at 509-327-5111 or you can submit a tip to 1-800-222-TIPS.

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