RAMAPO, N.Y. (AP) — A U.S. Postal Service employee is facing an upgraded felony charge after a video circulated on social media appeared to show a Jewish child being pushed to the ground in Rockland County, police said Saturday.

The Town of Ramapo Police Department said the incident occurred Thursday around 6:25 p.m. in the Viola section of Ramapo and came to authorities’ attention a day later.

Following an investigation, police said a 39-year-old Stony Point man, identified as Gabriel Stan, intentionally shoved a 4-year-old child while performing his duties.

Stan was initially charged with endangering the welfare of a child and attempted assault in the third degree. Police said an additional charge of attempted assault in the second degree, a felony, was later filed based on the ages of the suspect and the child.

He was released on his own recognizance and is scheduled to appear in Ramapo Justice Court at a later date.

Police said they have not identified a motive and did not say whether any hate crime charges would be added.

Authorities did not immediately respond to requests for further comment. Requests for comment from the United States Postal Service were not immediately returned.

USPS carrier assaulted a 4-year-old Jewish boy in Monsey, NY, on Thursday evening.

CCTV captured the incident, and the suspect was arrested by Ramapo police.

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