The wife of a Brooklyn subway passenger who was derailed and shot in the head during Thursday’s commute told the Post on Friday that she dumped him last year because he became too “aggressive.”
Lisa Sweat, the estranged spouse of unhinged armed straphanger Dajuan Robinson, 36, said her husband, a construction worker, had not shown any signs of mental health problems when they were together. , said she had to help her husband because he had “changed.” ”
“He didn’t have any mental issues. We had good times,” Ms. Sweat said from her home in Staten Island.
And, “over the last few months, he became aggressive towards me, so I let him go,” she said of Robinson. Mayor Eric Adams and police officials said Robinson was showing clear signs of mental illness at the time of Thursday’s assault.
Robinson is accused of shoving his wife and throwing something at a TV when she didn’t greet him as he entered their Staten Island home in November 2022, law enforcement officials said.
At the time, police were told that Robinson had been seen with a gun several months earlier, but it was unclear what the outcome of the call was.
A month earlier, he was accused of cutting the cords of his family’s washing machine, dishwasher and electric grill during a seizure, officials said.
“It was at the end of our relationship, and yeah, it was just when he was drinking,” Sweat said of the domestic incident between the two. “Those few times were due to alcohol, and that was the final test.
“He gets aggressive when he’s angry. It’s only when he’s been drinking. That’s the only problem,” Sweat said.
“He may have been drinking,” she said Thursday. “I think that’s the only thing that makes him that way.”
Police and video footage show Robinson illegally entered a Brooklyn subway train before the evening rush, aimed at the straps of a crowded A train, taunted strangers, displayed a knife and eventually pulled out a handgun. It is said that
Law enforcement officials told the Post on Friday that Robinson appeared to be harassing the stranger, 32-year-old Younes Obouad, because he mistakenly believed he was a recent immigrant.
During the scuffle between the two, Obuad ended up shooting Robinson four times with his own gun, including once in the eye, leaving him in critical condition.
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Prosecutors on Friday declined to prosecute Mr. Obouad, saying it was a case of self-defense.
Mr Robinson’s wife said she was shocked to hear of her estranged husband’s actions.
“That’s not the Oizumi I know,” Sweat said.
“I can’t believe it, I can’t believe it,” said his wife, who said she was an Iraq veteran and now works as a bartender and waitress at Applebee’s.
“When he was with me, he didn’t have a gun. We didn’t do that,” she said.
“He worked on a construction site. We were in a shelter together. We got an apartment. We did what we had to do. Then he changed a little. . But he’s not a bad guy, he’s not a bad guy.
“I never imagined something like this would happen,” Sweat said.
“He’s never taken his medication. He’s very upset…Detectives came to the house. I didn’t understand why they were here. We’ve been apart for a year now. I was there.
“The last time we talked, it wasn’t a bad conversation,” she said, adding that the two had no children. “He said, ‘I hope you’re okay,’ and that was it. It was like last year. It’s been a while since I talked to him.
“I saw it on the news, I saw it on video. He’s crazy. He’s not a bad person, he’s not someone I know.”
