Violent traffic crimes have become an almost daily occurrence as criminals continue to bloodshed innocent New York City subway passengers going about their daily lives.
A deranged gunman with a long rap sheet pushed a 54-year-old man onto the tracks in Harlem on Monday, and the victim was hit by an oncoming train, police said.
The incident occurred on the same day that three stabbings occurred in and around the Big Apple’s subways, a day of high crime despite the city deploying about 750 National Guard troops. announced that it will increase the number of police by 800 to patrol subways. They were deployed to the underground system earlier this month, and another 1,000 police were added to the system in February.
On March 26, 2024, Carlton McPherson was photographed leaving the NYPD’s 25th Precinct building in Manhattan, New York, while being taken into police custody. McPherson is charged with murder after allegedly pushing the victim onto the railroad tracks during the random attack at the 125th Street 4 Station on Monday night. (Barry Williams, NY Daily News, via Getty Images)
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Police said Carlton McPherson, 24, of the Bronx, was behind the unprovoked attack and fatal crash at the 125th Street and Lexington Avenue station around 7 p.m.
McPherson was charged with murder after allegedly pushing the unidentified man onto the railroad tracks. The victim was then hit by the No. 4 train that arrived at the station, causing a fatal accident as the train failed to stop on time.
According to several reports, McPherson had long-standing mental health issues and had been collared multiple times.
He was arrested in Brooklyn last October on charges of assault, intimidation and harassment, according to the New York Daily News. Citing court documents, the publication said he was released without bail when he was charged, but was re-arrested after failing to appear in court.
However, after being taken to the police, he was again released on bail and a judge issued a second warrant. He was arrested for the third time in January for a first offense, and bail was set at $2,000, which he paid, the New York Daily News reported.
A New York City Police Department transit officer stands on a 125th Street platform after a person runs into the path of a train. (Sam Costanza, New York Daily News, via Getty Images)
Monday’s stabbing spree began around 4:30 a.m. in Brooklyn, with a 52-year-old man stabbed multiple times in the back during a dispute over smoking inside the Kosciuszko Street J station. new york post. Police said the stabbing suspect fled onto the street but was quickly taken into custody and charges are pending.
Just a few hours later, around 8 a.m., a 26-year-old man was stabbed in the buttocks in an unprovoked attack on Manhattan’s Upper West Side at West 96th Street and Broadway, just steps from a subway station. Submit a report.
Then, around 11:40 a.m., a female attacker from Brooklyn stabbed another woman in the back with an unknown object with a knife near the turnstiles of the Franklin Avenue C station in Bedford-Stuyvesant, the newspaper reported. Ta. The injured woman was taken to a local hospital, where her condition is said to be stable.
NYPD and National Guard members conduct random bag searches on the New York City subway on Monday, March 11, 2024. Gov. Cathy Hochul announced a five-point plan earlier this month that would deploy 750 National Guard troops to fight the nearly 20 rioters. Crime levels increased by % across the metro. (Matthew McDermott, Fox News Digital)
After becoming governor of New York, Hochul loses his fight against crime and dispatches the National Guard.
Meanwhile, in Far Rockaway, an NYPD officer was shot and killed Monday while investigating an illegally parked car.
Officer Jonathan Diller was killed when the suspect refused to exit his vehicle, police said, displaying a firearm and striking him in the torso. The suspect, 34-year-old Guy Rivera, has been arrested 21 times, the New York Post reported.
A recent analysis by the Post found a 53% increase in the number of train assaults in which victims were injured, comparing 570 felony assaults in 2023 to 373 reported in 2019. became.
New York City on Monday announced plans to ramp up enforcement of subway fare violations, sending at least 800 police officers to specifically monitor turnstiles.
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More than 1,700 people have been arrested for turnstile jumping and more than 28,000 fare evasion tickets have been issued so far this year, according to data.
Police and Mayor Eric Adams, himself a former transit police officer, have suggested in recent weeks that there is a link between fare skipping and violence on trains.
For example, earlier this month, dramatic eyewitness video was released that captured the moments before a man was shot in the head with his own gun during a scuffle on a crowded subway train. Police say the gunman went through the emergency gate, but he did not pay the toll.
This photo provided by the New York City Police Department shows Jonathan Diller, a police officer killed in the line of duty in New York on Monday, March 25, 2024. Diller was shot and killed during a traffic stop in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens, the mayor and police said. (New York City Police Department, Associated Press)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
