The attack is one of about 10 incidents involving incendiary devices that have occurred in Baltimore between late April and Monday, which police warned residents about during a news conference on Wednesday.
"There’s a Muslim family, who had an incident, and we’ve talked to them at length, and we don’t know what that lead is just yet… so we’re not saying it’s a hate crime or not. We don’t know," Sgt. Dennis Raftery, of the arson unit, said during the news conference.
According to the Northern District’s part-one crime reports, at 2:25 a.m., June 10, a Molotov cocktail was tossed through a window of a family’s home in the 900 block of Cator Avenue.
"We’re gonna [sic] do it. These Muslims need to die," one of the attackers said before the firebomb was tossed, according to the report.
But Anthony Guglielmi, a police spokesman, said he did not know if police were investigating the incident as a hate crime.
The Pen Lucy attack was one of four reported in North Baltimore involving an incendiary device, and is the only incident being investigated as a possible hate crime.
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Attacks were also reported in the 2400 block of Loyola Northway, 2500 block of Woodland Avenue and 4400 block of Falls Bridge Drive in North Baltimore.
"The worst damage we had is a window that didn’t break and so there’s scorching to the window, people have been home asleep, but there’s been minor damage," Raftery said.
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There have also been several other attacks reported in Northwest and Southwest Baltimore.
"So for the most part we have random locations, and so that’s why we’re putting out a public awareness and safety message. We have random areas, random time frames, mostly at night," Raftery said.
Guglielmi described the devices as being "amateur" and said that no one has been hurt in any of the attacks. He said that police are looking for residents to share any information they may have about the incident to corroberate information they’ve gathered during the investigation.
"If we look at what we call the MO we have simple devices, so it could be one person, it could be more than one person. What I can tell you is at this point in time we’re not exactly sure, and that’s what we’re trying to find out," Raftery said.
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