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3 injured in New York subway slashings, suspect is sought, NYPD says

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Three women were injured late Sunday afternoon in a series of subway slashing incidents, New York Police Department officials said. Three women were injured late Sunday afternoon in a series of subway slashing incidents, New York Police Department officials said, as they released photos of a suspect. At about 4:14 p.m., police received reports of a slashing that took place at the 86th Street-Lexington Avenue subway station, police said. A 19-year-old woman exited a southbound 4 train and was walking up the platform stairs when a male suspect slashed her right leg, the NYPD said in a press release. A suspect wanted in connection with subway assault incidents is seen in a video still released by The New York City Police Department on June 18, 2023. The New York City Police Department The suspect then is alleged to have attacked a 48-year-old woman at the same station, slashing her on her right leg as she stood on the subway platform, police said. The suspect fled on a downtown 4 train...

New York City subway gunman Frank James receives 10 life sentences

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Frank James, who opened fire on a crowded subway car in Brooklyn at rush hour, injuring 10 people, was sentenced to 10 life terms. Frank James will spend the rest of his life in prison after receiving 10 life sentences Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, one sentence for each victim of the April 2022 shooting aboard a subway car at rush hour. "I alone am responsible for that attack," James said in court. "They in no way deserved to have what happened to them." James had been charged with 10 counts of committing a terror attack on a mass transit system, after opening fire on a Manhattan-bound N train in Brooklyn on the morning of April 12, 2022. He pleaded guilty in January. FILE - New York City police and law enforcement officials lead subway shooting suspect Frank James, center, away from a police station in New York on April 13, 2022. James, who sprayed the inside of a New York City subway train with gunfire and then slipped away in a stunned crowd, is set to ...

Woman in critical condition after shoved into moving NYC subway train, suspect sought: Police

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A woman is in critical condition after being "forcibly shoved" into a moving subway train in New York City and then falling onto the tracks, police said. A woman is in critical condition after being "forcibly shoved" into a moving subway train in New York City and then falling onto the tracks, police said. A male suspect in the apparent random attack is being sought , police said. Police respond to the Fifth Avenue and 53rd Street station in Manhattan, Oct. 18, 2023. WABC The "horrific assault" occurred at the 53rd Street/Fifth Avenue station in midtown Manhattan midday Wednesday, NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kaplan said during a press briefing. The 30-year-old victim was standing on the platform while a train was pulling out of the station when she was pushed, "causing her head to strike the moving train ," Kaplan said. The victim then fell onto the tracks, at which point good Samaritans helped her back up on the platform and called 911, Kap...

Jordan Neely's aunt speaks out about subway chokehold death

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As Jordan Neely's family prepares to say goodbye, his aunt is speaking out exclusively with ABC News about the investigation into his death on a subway. Mildred Mahazu, the aunt of Jordan Neely, spoke exclusively in an interview with ABC News' Byron Pitts about her nephew's death after a former Marine placed him in a chokehold on a New York City subway train. Neely, whose funeral is scheduled for Friday, was described by his aunt as a "diamond." "Jordan was a very, very sweet person," Mahazu said in the interview that aired Friday. "He liked to be loved and he loved people. He was very, very, very friendly." Mildred Mahazu, the aunt of Jordan Neely, speaks with ABC News' Byron Pitts. ABC News She said she's "not a judge," but offered that Daniel Penny, the man who is charged in Neely's death, "should be punished." "Why would you put your arm, your head around someone's neck and choke him when you know ...