New York City police are asking the public to help identify a suspect who cut another man’s face in an attempt to intervene in a Brooklyn subway fight last week.
The perpetrator is said to have yelled, “Take care of yourself!” The New York Daily News reported, citing police sources, that the 44-year-old victim received a deep cut last Wednesday after scraping his cheek with a sharp object. The suspect reportedly fled by jumping from the train as soon as the subway doors opened.
The New York City Police Department released surveillance video pictures and footage for the first time on Saturday, enlisting the public’s cooperation to identify a person wanted in connection with an assault that occurred within Precinct 79/Traffic District #30. asked. No arrests had been made as of noon Sunday.
A police report said the victim intervened during an argument between two men on a southbound ‘C’ train near the Clinton-Washington Avenue subway station around 9:50 p.m. Wednesday.
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The New York Police Department is asking the public to help identify a man accused of slashing the face of another man during a fight on a Brooklyn subway. (New York City Police Department)
“The individual then got into an argument with the victim and slashed the victim’s face with an unknown sharp object before exiting at the Franklin Avenue station,” a New York City Police spokesman said. “The individual then fled the subway station in an unknown direction. The victim was taken by EMS to New York City Health Hospital/Kings County, where he was treated for facial lacerations.”
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The suspect is described as a black man with short dark hair and about 5 feet 8 inches tall. Police said the man was last seen wearing a baseball cap, black hoodie and dark pants.
Anyone with information related to this incident should call the NYPD’s Crime Stopper Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or 1-888-57-PISTA (74782) in Spanish. Ordinary people can also visit Crime Stoppers to submit tips. website Or Twitter @NYPDTips. All calls are confidential, police said.
Bystander video screenshots show Jordan Neely being chokeholded by Daniel Penney on the New York City subway. (Luces de Nueva York/Juan Alberto Vazquez via Storyful)
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A Brooklyn cut incident reportedly killed Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man who was “threatening and frightening passengers” on the subway, after the intervention of Marine veteran Daniel Penney. The incident reportedly happened 10 days after it was captured on video. Choke hold in the train car.
