Posted on 03/25/2024 10:08:14 PM PDT by lowbridge
A commuter was struck and killed by a Manhattan subway train Monday after being shoved onto the tracks by an emotionally disturbed person in an unprovoked attack, according to police and sources.
The victim was pushed onto the tracks as a northbound 4 train was entering the East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue station in East Harlem just before 7 p.m., police sources said.
The train was unable to stop in time and fatally struck the individual, an adult male whose identity has not been released.
The man was pronounced dead shortly after and a suspect, described as an emotionally disturbed person, was taken into custody, according to the sources. Charges are pending.
The deadly shove comes amid a surge of violent crime within the city’s subway system including a high-profile deadly shooting on a crowded train car in Brooklyn earlier this month.
The number of felony assaults in the sprawling underground transit system jumped 53% last year from pre-pandemic times, with 570 such attacks in 2023 compared to 373 in 2019, data shows.
It’s unclear what is causing the alarming trend, but some incidents — perhaps including Monday’s deadly assault — point to mental illness as a potential contributing factor.
Half of the attacks on MTA workers in the subway system last year involved a suspect suffering from a mental illness.
Of the 38 people charged with 41 separate assaults on transit system employees, 20 of them had documented psychological problems, according to a Post investigation.
Many of the individuals who assaulted the workers also had a criminal history.
Monday’s alleged shover was identified by sources as 45-year-old Carlton McPherson.
McPherson has a prior assault arrest from October 2023, sources told The Post. He was freed on bond and is due back in court in July.
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At least they're cracking down on The Criminal Trump, who hasn't pushed anyone in front of a train in forever.
You don’t need cars. Use mass transit.
Hanging out near the landing in order to be the first to board the train seems to be a dangerous choice these days.
Loo Loo
4 hours ago
It’s not mental illness that has played a role in these attacks. It’s chronic drug / alcohol addiction that damages peoples’ brains to the point where they are manifesting mental illness- like symptoms. I’ve worked with the homeless for 31 years. It’s a rare person who suffers from stand alone mental illness.
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They use this as a blanket reason to absolve people of their actions and choices.
jail him for the rest of his pathetic, useless life.
Your comment reminded me of a photoshopped pic that someone had produced and posted here when Rudy Giuliani was running against Hillary for U.S. Senator from New York. It showed Rudy pushing Hillary into an oncoming subway train. I wish I'd kept it.
Just shoot him and save the taxpayers some money.
or he’d done it!
It’s also irrelevant. If they can kill, they are dangerous. It does not matter to me why they are dangerous.
Verrrrry impressive solution.
not.
They're going to catch the fare beaters and then what? release them to catch them all over again?
Would you prefer Bernhard Goetz be standing next to you?
When I'm feelin' kinda blue, I find going down to the subway and pushing some unsuspecting White person in front of an oncoming train somehow... soothing.
WTH? "Emotionally disturbed?!"
Regards,
bttt
The perp’s name?
“involved a mental illness” “had a criminal history”
So, 80% of the people of New York City are probable future culprits.
Photo caption:
Adams: First I be scared of going to the border down there. Now I more scared of being in the subway. I’m getting agoraphobic. Like Sean Connery in Finding Forrester.
“The word agoraphobia is derived from Greek words literally meaning “fear of the marketplace.” The term is used to describe an irrational and often disabling fear of being out in public.
The person suffering from agoraphobia usually avoids the anxiety-provoking situation and may become totally housebound.”
—” It’s chronic drug / alcohol addiction”
And now a full generation of cocaine babies are passing through society.
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