A mother has locked herself in the bathroom of a busy Midtown Manhattan restaurant and smothered her 20-month-old son to death with her bare hands before shocked employees could burst in and stop her , police say . As Latisha Fisher was being led away from the 5 Boro Burger joint on West 36th Street about 2.30pm on Monday , she blamed the devil for killing Gavriel Ortiz and then trying to stop workers who attempted to resuscitate him . ' I would describe her as soulless . She put her hand over his mouth and smothered him , ' a police source told the New York Daily News . Witnesses said Fisher was emotionless after the death of her child . She claimed that she had put her hand over the boy 's nose and mouth to put him to sleep , police say . Unthinkable : Latisha Fisher ( left ) was arrested Monday after allegedly smothering her 20-month-old son Gavriel Ortiz to death in a bathroom at a Manhattan restaurant . Horrific : The 35-year-old mother allegedly locked herself in the bathroom of 5 Boro Burger in Midtown where she was later found holding her unconscious baby boy . Workers at the restaurant became alarmed Monday afternoon when a line grew outside the restroom . When employees burst in to see what was wrong , they found Gavriel in his mother 's lap - unconscious and foaming from the mouth . A male employee performed CPR until paramedics arrived - despite the mother swatting help away . Unfortunately the aid was too late for the little boy who was later pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital . Police immediately took Fisher into custody and transported her to the Midtown South Precinct . A woman who walked into the bathroom Monday afternoon says she saw Fisher with her hand over the baby 's mouth , saying she was trying to 'make him go to sleep ' . Above , investigators inside the restaurant on Monday . Baby Gavriel was found unconscious and foaming from the mouth when restaurant workers broke into the bathroom . Gavriel was rushed to Bellevue Hospital but doctors could not revive the young boy . Marcus Comeau told amNY that he was standing down the block when he saw Fisher being led out of the restaurant by police . 'The mother was coming out in handcuffs , ' he said . 'She did n't seem too distressed , kind of had her head down . 'She did n't make a lot of noise . Not a big fit , ' he added . A law enforcement official described Fisher to the Daily News as 'soulless ' . Recent posts on Fisher 's Facebook page appear to show her going through an emotional period . 'How did everything change on me . I went to sleep feeling well , ' she wrote on March 27 , one day after posting a thank you to 'everyone for supporting me ' . Neighbor 's in Fisher 's ( left ) Lower East Side apartment say she lived there with her boyfriend and father of her son Luis Ortiz ( father and son pictured on the right ) Fisher 's neighbors in the Lower East Side housing project where she lives told the New York Times that she and her boyfriend , Gavriel 's father Luis Ortiz , had started fighting around Halloween . Other neighbors told the Daily News that she was 'violent ' and that they could often smell marijuana coming from her unit . Some remembered an older child being taken away from Fisher , and an incident in which she stabbed another family member . Fisher 's older son is reportedly a preteen . ' I think she just went cuckoo on whoever was up there , ' neighbor Carolyn Lawson , 47 , told the Daily News of the alleged stabbing . 'She needs help . It doesn ’ t make sense . I think she was on medication for whatever problem she had , but I ’ m assuming she wasn ’ t taking her meds . ' Following the incident , family and friends started pouring out condolences on Luis Ortiz 's Facebook page .
Latisha Fisher , 35 , allegedly locked herself in a bathroom at 5 Boro Burger in Midtown Manhattan Monday afternoon with son Gavriel Ortiz . When workers at the restaurant gained access to the restroom , they found the 20-month-old boy unconscious and foaming from the mouth . Little Gavriel was taken to Bellevue Hospital where he was pronounced dead . Police said that while no one else had been inside of the bathroom, it appeared as though someone had entered through an unlocked door before closing the door.