An argument on a subway platform in midtown Manhattan turned deadly Saturday (Oct. 17). The incident left one man fatally shot and disrupted train service. This comes just weeks after another man died at the Brooklyn subway station in September.
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Details About The Shooting
The shooting happened around 12:20 p.m. at the station at 7th Avenue and 53rd Street. The location is a short walk from several Broadway theaters and Carnegie Hall. Police found an adult man with a gunshot wound to his chest. A police spokesperson said the shooting took place on the E train platform. The dispute involved two or three men. Trains that normally stop at that station were bypassing the area while a police investigation was underway. Emergency crews responded and transported the victim to Bellevue Hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead. No arrests were immediately reported.
Man Dragged At Another NYC Subway
Last month, a New York City subway train man dragged a man to death. The accident occurred during the Monday evening rush-hour commute on Sept. 28. Yaw Boahene, 57, was exiting the train at a Brooklyn subway station when his bag, which police described as a shopping bag, snagged in the closing train doors. The Brooklyn resident was pulled onto the tracks and run over by the train as it left the station, police said in a statement. Officers arrived to find Boahene “unconscious and unresponsive” on the train tracks, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Dragging deaths happen from time to time on the nation’s largest subway system. In 2022, a 20-year-old commuter was killed, per ABC7. This happened after his backpack or a piece of his clothing got stuck in the door as he was trying to get onto a train at the Columbus Circle station in upper Manhattan.
Violence In New York City Reportedly Trending Downward
Violent crime has been dropping steadily in New York City since a spike during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, deadly violence inside the subway system remains rare, despite the trains being used by millions of people each day. Through mid-October, the city was on pace to have its lowest number of killings in decades. Reported homicides were down 20% from the same point last year.
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Associated Press contributed to this report via AP Newsroom.
