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Criminals are continuing to unleash bloodshed on innocent New York City subway riders going about their daily lives, with violent transit crime becoming almost a daily occurrence.Â
On Monday, a deranged criminal with a long rap sheet shoved a 54-year-old man onto the tracks in Harlem, with the victim then being struck by an oncoming train, according to police.Â
It came on a day when three stabbings took place in and around the Big Apple’s subway system, and on the same day, the city announced it was deploying 800 more police to patrol its crime-ridden subway system — even after around 750 National Guard troops were deployed to the underground system earlier this month and 1,000 additional police were added to the system in February.
Carlton McPherson is pictured in police custody leaving the NYPD 25th Precinct station house on March 26, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. McPherson is facing murder charges for the Monday evening random attack at the 125th St. No. 4 station when he allegedly shoved his victim onto the tracks. (Barry Williams for NY Daily News via Getty Images)
Meanwhile, an NYPD officer was fatally shot in Far Rockaway when he was investigating a car being parked illegally Monday.
Police say Officer Jonathan Diller was killed after a suspect displayed a firearm and pointed it at them when he refused to exit the car, striking Diller in the torso. The New York Post reports that the suspect, 34-year-old Guy Rivera, has 21 prior arrests.
A recent analysis by the Post revealed that the number of attacks on trains that left victims injured jumped 53% when comparing 2023’s 570 felony assaults to the 373 reported in 2019.
On Monday, New York City announced plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep watch on turnstiles.
There have been more than 1,700 arrests for turnstile-jumping and over 28,000 fare evasion tickets issued so far this year, data shows.
Police and Mayor Eric Adams, a former transit officer himself, in recent weeks have suggested some links between fare-skipping and violence on the trains.
For instance, earlier this month dramatic eyewitness video captured the moment before a man was shot in the head with his own gun after a brawl in a packed subway car. The man who was armed with the gun had walked through an emergency gate and did not pay his fair, police said.
This photo provided by the New York City Police Department shows police officer Jonathan Diller, who was killed in the line of duty on Monday, March 25, 2024, in New York. According to the city’s mayor and police, Diller was shot and killed during a traffic stop in the Far Rockaway section of Queens. (New York City Police Department via AP)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.Â
