Police are asking the public to help them identify this man.
The NYPD is asking the public to help them identify a suspect wanted for a stabbing incident within the subway station on 72nd and Broadway.
It took place on Wednesday, October 19 at about 11 p.m. A 26-year-old male and his 34-year-old girlfriend were on the northbound 2 train and were approached by an unknown individual.
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Without any prior communication or provocation, the unidentified male attempted to “sit on [the] 34-year-old female,” at which point the 26-year-old male told him to “step back from his girlfriend.” Then, the suspect slashed the 26-year-old in the lower left leg with a kitchen knife.
In response to the attack, the female sprayed the suspect with pepper spray.
The suspect then exited the train and “fled topside to parts unknown.”
EMS responded to the location and transported the victim to an area hospital where he was treated and released. There were no additional injuries reported as a result of the incident.
The suspect is a Black male, approximately 50 years, 5’11” and 180 pounds. He has a medium build, brown eyes, brown hair and a grey beard. He was last seen wearing a blue hooded jacket, black pants, a grey hooded sweatshirt and a black wool cap.
The suspect was observed on transit surveillance at the Times Square station prior to the incident.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website or by sending a direct message to @NYPDTips on Twitter. All calls are strictly confidential.
Perhaps we need to file a class action suit against the MTA for running an unlicensed mental illness shelter.
How about enforcing fares so that if you don’t have a valid fare, you’re ejected from the system and fined or detained if you can’t control yourself?
Ejecting criminals from the subway and/or fining them is not the answer. These criminals need to be locked up in jail. We are not safe with theses criminals roaming our streets and subways.
Where can we buy pepper spray?
You can buy online, but state law prohibits delivery to New York. So unless you have a relative you can have it shipped to out of state, the best bet is to buy it at a brick and mortar store.
Weirdly Target shipped it into my address in the city though…
I’m sure this is a repeat offender who was either released from jail or never jailed at all. It’s the same story over and over and over. We need to elect strong leaders who will give our city back to its law abiding citizens.
They eventually get out. Perhaps longer sentences, but eventually they get out.
How does one change upbringing, and neighborhoods? And a way of life?