Woman Arrested In 'Unprovoked' Attack Of Child, 10, At Troy Mall: Cops

TROY, MI — A Detroit woman was arrested Saturday in connection with an "unprovoked" attack of a 10-year-old girl at a Troy shopping mall, according to police.

Police said the 10-year-old girl was walking with her dad and a group of her friends through the food court at the Somerset Collection at 4:43 p.m. Friday, when "for no apparent reason," the woman grabbed the young girl's head and slammed it into a glass display case.

The child told officers that the woman then walked away, laughing and smiling after shoving her, according to police.

"The attack appeared unprovoked and for no apparent reason," according to the police report.

After reviewing surveillance footage, investigators identified the woman as a 25-year-old from Detroit. Police did not release her name.

The woman had already left the shopping mall once officers got the report, but she was arrested in connection with the attack the next day when she returned to the mall, police said.

The woman was placed in the Troy Lock-up facility as charges were pending.