NEW YORK – A 14-year-old teenager was killed Saturday after being stabbed inside a moving subway in Manhattan, NYPD Traffic Chief Jason Wilcox confirmed during a press conference hours after the tragedy.
According to information from the authorities during the press conference, the incident occurred around 3:00 pm, when a fight or dispute began in the street and continued to the train station where an altercation occurred near the train. Line 1 at City College Station and 137th Street in Hamilton Heights.
THE MINOR RECEIVED THE STAB IN THE ABDOMEN
At that moment, the alleged attacker took out a knife and stabbed the 14-year-old boy in the abdomen, the uniformed officer said.
When authorities arrived they found him with a stab wound and he was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead, police added.
The crime scene unit recovered a knife and a broomstick from the scene.
SUSPECT IN CUSTODY
The MTA camera footage provided clear images of people who were present at the time of the incident and these were immediately provided to investigators. It was at this time that officers spotted an individual matching the description at 173rd Street and Broadway and he was taken into custody.
The suspect was bleeding from his back and abdomen and was taken to an area hospital for treatment.
The cause of those injuries and their role remains part of an ongoing investigation, police said.
The police ask that if you have information, call confidentially 1-888-57-PISTA.
REACTIONS
One person described the moment they came face to face with the 14-year-old boy on the verge of death.
“His lips were purple and his eyes were blank, and he was bleeding profusely,” the witness said, adding that he saw a group of female teenagers run out of the station. “They wanted to take his phone away.”
For his part, the president of the MTA NYC TransitRichard Davey described the incident as “tragic and senseless, it’s horrible. We are cooperating with the NYPD investigation which is still in its early stages.”
“This station is our lifeblood, it’s one of the busiest stations on Line 1,” said Barry Weinberg, president of Manhattan Community Board 9.
Officers closed the entrance to the subway station due to the investigation, and northbound trains did not stop for a few hours at the scene. Around 10:30 pm, the subways were already operating at this station, but with service delays in both directions.
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