Person Pushed onto Subway Tracks - NYC Crime

Beaten, Pushed onto Subway Tracks During Argument

Police are searching for these men in connection with an assault in which a man was pushed onto the subway tracks. -Photo by NYPD


By Dan Gesslein

Manhattan Voice

October 16, 2023


NEW YORK - An argument aboard a subway train turned deadly when two men beat and kicked a straphanger and then pushed him onto the subway tracks on the Upper West Side. 



At around 2:30 am on October 14, a 32-year-old man was riding a northbound Number 2 train. Cops said at some point the straphanger got into an argument with two men inside the subway car. When the train stopped at the  Broadway and 72nd Street train station, all three exited the train. 

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Cops said on the subway platform the two men pounced on the straphanger. They repeatedly punched and kicked the man throughout the body. Then the attackers pushed the man and he fell off the platform onto the subway tracks below. 



The attackers ran out of the subway station. 


Fortunately no train was coming and the victim was helped off the tracks. 


EMS transported the victim to St. Luke’s Hospital. Cops said the victim suffered a broken nose and a broken right middle finger. 


Police released surveillance video of the suspects. The first is described as a male with a medium complexion and medium build. He was last seen wearing a red jacket, and black pants. 


The second suspect is described as a male with a medium build. He was last seen wearing all black clothing.





Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on Twitter @NYPDTips. 


All calls are strictly confidential.

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