EAST HARLEM, NY – A man with an extensive criminal record was apprehended for allegedly pushing a 54-year-old subway rider to his death in East Harlem. The arrest warrant for 24-year-old Carlton McPherson, a Bronx native, for an unresolved Brooklyn assault case was active at the time of the fatal shoving incident. On Monday, McPherson allegedly pushed the older man onto the tracks at the East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue station just as a …
CHICAGO, IL – There was a fatal shooting in a Subway restaurant located on the South Side of Chicago late Thursday evening, according to local police. The details surrounding the incident, which occurred at about 11:40 p.m. inside the restaurant on West 79th Street, remain unclear at this time. Officers who arrived at the scene found a male victim suffering from a gunshot wound to the head inside the restaurant. According to investigators, the victim …
ATLANTA, GA – A local judge has denied bond to a man accused of fatally shooting a Subway employee in Atlanta after a dispute about a sandwich. Melvin Williams, 36, is currently in custody on multiple charges, including murder, felony murder, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, first-degree criminal damage to property, cruelty to children, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Williams was arrested in June 2022, only a day …
MANHATTAN, NY – An incident of violence broke out on the Manhattan subway system as a commuter was stabbed with a screwdriver on Thursday night. The attack unfolded around 10 p.m. within the vicinity of the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station on a southbound 1 train. The 61-year-old victim was stabbed in two places- his lip and his head, according to law enforcement. Before being transported to Mount Sinai West for treatment, the man was spotted …
A Fox News weather forecaster encountered a violent group of teenagers on a subway in Manhattan on Sunday morning. He was attacked by the group while attempting to defend someone else who was being harassed. This was confirmed by both the police and the meteorologist. Adam Klotz, a 37-year-old weatherman, discussed his experience in an Instagram video. Visibly wounded and disheveled, he detailed how he was returning home from seeing the New York Giants NFL …
An accused mass shooter who wounded ten people on a crowded subway train in Brooklyn told his lawyers last week that he would like to plead guilty to all charges against him, including terrorism. The attorneys for Frank James, 63, wrote Wednesday that he plans to plead guilty the first week of January. No explanation was given for why he’s choosing to admit guilt. James has been held in a Brooklyn federal jail since his …
Frank Robert James, suspected mass shooter of the New York City subway system, was charged Friday with additional federal terrorism charges. Before prosecutors added nine additional terror attack counts against him, bringing the total to ten, one for each victim struck by gunfire during the April 12 shooting, James, 62, was charged with carrying out a terror attack against a mass transit system and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence. As a result …
Two New York City subway system riders were knocked onto the train tracks this week, authorities said. One victim was physically injured during the attack. The other victim was shaken up by the surprising attack. A 32-year-old man was shoved onto the tracks at the Myrtle-Wycoff L train station in Brooklyn on Friday afternoon. He told Eyewitness News he didn’t know the attacker and doesn’t know how he’ll ever feel safe riding the subway again. …