Hate Crime Subway Slasher Arrested - NYPD Says

Attacker Made Homophobic Remarks Before Slashing Subway Rider - Cops Say
The NYPD has made an arrest in the hate crime slashing inside a subway train at Penn Station. -Photo by NYPD

The NYPD has made an arrest in the hate crime slashing inside a subway train at Penn Station. -Photo by NYPD

By Dan Gesslein 

Manhattan Voice

March 5, 2024


MANHATTAN - A Bronx man has been arrested for the hate crime slashing at Penn Station, the NYPD said.



Police have arrested 46-year-old Milton Hamlin of the Grand Concourse for the subway slashing. Hamlin was charged with assault hate crime, assault, menacing hate crime and menacing.


At around 11 pm on March 1, a 27-year-old man was riding the A Train approached 34th Street Penn Station. Cops said unprovoked, another man approached him and made anti-LGBTQ statements. 


The attacker then pulled out a box cutter and went after the straphanger. The victim put up his hands to stop the blow and was slashed on his left hand. 


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Cops said the victim fled the train at the station seeking help but the attacker remained on the train. EMS rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital where he was treated. 


The NYPD released a cell phone photo of the suspect apparently taken by another subway rider. 




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