Parents outraged after homeless man allegedly spits on a 3-year-old near daycare [Video]

Some parents in the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough are worried after a homeless man allegedly attacked a 3-year-old child while he was on his way to daycare located next to a homeless shelter.

The homeless man now faces charges of assault related to the incident.

The child’s mother, who has asked to remain anonymous, said her son was on his bike in front of her when he stopped outside the CAP St-Barnabé homeless shelter.

She recounted that a man sleeping on the sidewalk began screaming at her son.

“And he starts yelling and threatening him, that he was going to spit on him,” the mother said and added that the man hurled profanities at her son.

By the time she caught up with her son, she said the damage was already done.

“My child is like crying, like bawling his eyes out a crying, asking me, why this man yelled at him …