A 44-year-old man was stabbed in the side of the face while waiting on a subway platform in the Bronx on Sunday morning, the latest violent incident on New York City’s transit system.
Jared Johnson, 24, was arrested at the scene and charged with assault and harassment, according to the NYPD.
The victim was in stable condition after being transported to a nearby hospital for treatment.
FILE PHOTO: A New York police officer stands behind a caution tape in the subway.
(Peter Gerberg)
It was not immediately clear if the two men knew each other or exchanged words before the stabbing. The attack occurred at the Morrison Avenue-Soundview station in the Bronx shortly after 7:00 a.m.
Crime in New York City’s transit system is up 40.8% this year, according to data from the New York Police Department, slightly above the 29.6% increase in overall crime in the entire Greater Apple.
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced last month that the NYPD will add an additional 1,200 overtime shifts every day on the subway to combat crime.
Commuters wait on the platform of the Times Square subway station in New York, USA, on Wednesday, May 25, 2022.
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Some victims have called on city leaders to do more to combat crime on the subway.
“They haven’t done anything at all,” Elizabeth “Liz” Gomes, a mother of two who was brutally beaten by a homeless man in a Queens subway station in November, told Dr. Phil this week.
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“Because if they were doing something, if they were making plans to do something, we wouldn’t be seeing this escalating violence that’s been going on in the city.”
