Monday 9 May 2022 03:29 AM NYPD hunts knife-wielding man who slashed 52-year-old on Brooklyn subway ... trends now
The NYPD is looking for a suspect who left a subway rider needing stitches after he slashed him in the face and chest, then tackled him onto the tracks at a busy Brooklyn station as crime in the transit system continues to plague the city.
Security footage released Sunday by the NYPD on their CrimeStoppers Twitter account shows a man in a black Nike hoodie lingering on the southbound platform at Broadway Junction in East New York around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday.
The man appears to have left his phone on the ground and his headphones splayed across the platform, and as 52-year-old victim Angel Trujillo walked by they exchanged words before the suspect slashed him.
The attack on Trujilo is the latest in a string of violent attacks that have sent subway crime soaring by 63% in 2022.
'It's crazy, so many things are happening on the train,' Trujillo told the Daily News, 'The cops show up after the incident happens — so I tried to deal with it myself, and I got stabbed.'
NYPD statistics show that 201 felony assaults had taken place in the subways as of May 1, a 25% increase in attacks from the same time last year.
The suspect (left) had left his cell phone and earbuds on the ground of the subway platform (bottom right), which the Angel Trujilo (right) stepped on as he passed
The suspect called after Trujilo, passing what appeared to be a boxcutter between his hands
In the video, Trujilo stepped on one of the earbuds as he walked by, leacding the man in the hoodie to immediately call after him and pull out a boxcutter.
Truijilo approaches and the two exchange words, then the man in the hoodie slashes at the victim.
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