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The man accused of fatally shoving a passenger onto the tracks of the New York City subway came face to face with the victim's family in court as he pleaded not guilty.
Carlton McPherson has been charged with second degree murder over the death of Jason Volz, 45, who was pushed just as a 4 train approached the 125th Street station at Lexington Avenue in East Harlem on March 25.
The 24-year-old, dressed in a beige jail-issued tracksuit, appeared in Manhattan Supreme Court on Wednesday with his hands handcuffed behind his back.
Volz's aunt Christine Conte sat in court for the hearing and burst into tears when McPherson was walked out. She was crying hysterically and shouted: 'Why did he kill Jason. This is not okay. This is my nephew.'
At one point, court officers told her she had to leave before she managed to compose herself and was allowed to remain. Following the hearing she said: 'Oh my god, I wanted to leap out and rip his f****** heart out. That motherf******.'
Carlton McPherson has been charged with second degree murder over the death of Jason Volz, 45,
McPherson pleaded not guilty to second degree murder in court on Wednesday
Volz was killed when he was pushed onto subway tracks at the 125th Street station at Lexington Avenue in East Harlem on March 25
Judge Curtis Farber remanded McPherson in custody and ordered him to return to court on August 12.
Prosecutors allege that McPherson approached Volz with his arms outstretched and fatally pushed him onto an oncoming train unprovoked.
They claim he tried to flee before several witnesses pointed towards the suspect who was arrested at the station.
Volz's aunt Conte does not believe McPherson is mentally ill and claims he is just an 'evil person'.
'Just picturing in my head how he was waiting, premeditating in his head, this evil person and shoved just when he knew the train was coming, he pushed him,' she said.
'Now they're going to give him psychiatric treatment? I don't think so. He's just a vicious person, he is mean, he is trouble.
'Does that mean everybody is sick? They all need medication? I don't think so.
'Why do they keep blaming things on mental illness? There are a lot of people out in this world who want to hurt people.
'They're just nasty, just demons and they want to just hurt.'
Christine Conte, Volz's aunt, burst into tears in court when McPherson was walked out, before screaming: 'Why did he kill Jason. This is not okay. This is my nephew.'
Conte spoke outside court and said 'I wanted to leap out and rip his f****** heart out. That motherf******'
She added: 'My heart is torn and I want to rip him in half. If he does go to Rikers
