[Catie]

Per WBAL, "it may have only been perfume."

[stuck_in_new_orleans]

Since he was taken into custody, and so many witnesses, I wonder how fast before we learn if the guy was from the middle east?

[Diogenesis]

Perfume?

".... armed man scuffled with a police officer and a jar with an unknown substance fell onto the platform

..... a man dispensed some type of product in the subway station

... a scuffle broke out between a transit officer and man on a train after the passenger pulled a knife and gun"

What kind of perfume, or toad, does this?