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Suspect who knocked man onto NYC train tracks, slashed him is busted: cops
2022-05-10
[NYPOST] The knife-wielding man who knocked a Brooklyn straphanger onto subway tracks and slashed him during a wild caught-on-video scuffle last week has been arrested, cops said.

Anthony Melendez, 35, was busted Sunday in connection with the Wednesday morning attack at the Broadway Junction A and C station in East New York, police said.

Footage released by the NYPD over the weekend shows the 52-year-old victim first walking through the station past Melendez, who began to argue with him for an unknown reason, authorities said.

Melendez then jabbed at his adversary, who deflected the weapon and swung at him with what appears to be a jacket, according to the footage and cops.

The men chase each other around the train platform, knocking over the contents of the suspect’s shopping cart as other straphangers try to get out of the way, the footage shows.

After a few seconds, the suspect tackled the victim, causing them both to fall onto the southbound tracks, police said.

There, Melendez slashed the victim in the chest, ear, finger and head, cops said.

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Posted by:Fred

#3  Dozens of homeless people seen using Seattle public transportation as homeless shelter
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-05-10 07:29  

#2  Man, 35, is arrested by NYPD after slashing a 52-year-old homeless man with a knife on Brooklyn subway platform and wrestling him onto the train tracks
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-05-10 07:29  

#1  This NYC Subway Testosterone exchange was going good up to the point where the victim combatant #2 got his back to the tracks and only needed to be pushed.

But, the victim combatant #2 did take combatant #1 knife attacker with him to the tracks.

But...Damn, they both missed the 3rd rail though.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-05-10 07:06  

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