Stranger tosses acid on woman at San Diego laundromat
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}San Diego police have arrested a man suspected of tossing a chemical on a woman, causing second-degree burns to her arms and back.
Police said the woman was walking into a laundromat Saturday when a man got out of a BMW, confronted her and threw the liquid substance at her. About 20 minutes later, officers responding to reports of a man causing a disturbance at a gas station determined that he matched the description of the woman's attacker.
Sgt. Ray Battrick told U-T San Diego that the man, identified as 55-year-old Arturo Jose Reyes, had never met the woman before.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The motive of the attack was under investigation.
Experts at the Fire Department were trying to determine the liquid, but Battrick said they suspect it is an acid.