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Grandfather Killed Trying to Break Up Subway Fight

Brooklyn man 'always wanted peace,' his family says

(Newser) - As Richard Henderson rode a No. 3 train home to Brooklyn Sunday night, he tried to intervene in a fight on the subway car and ended up dead. The 45-year-old was fatally shot just three stops before he would have gotten off, the New York Times reports. "He got...

More Than 20 Hurt in NYC Subway Collision, Derailment

Service was majorly disrupted across Manhattan

(Newser) - A New York City subway train derailed Thursday after colliding with another train at low speed, leaving more than 20 people with minor injuries and causing major service disruptions across Manhattan during the afternoon rush hour, authorities said. At about 3pm on the Upper West Side, a 1 train carrying...

Man Shoves Woman Onto NYC Subway Tracks

A suspect is still being sought in the incident, which left the woman in critical condition

(Newser) - Another apparently random attack on a New York City subway platform left a 30-year-old woman in critical condition Wednesday. She was at the 53rd Street/Fifth Avenue station around noon when a man, who witnesses say was talking to himself, suddenly pushed her against a train that was leaving the station....

'Prophet of Doom' Sentenced in NYC Subway Attack

Victims try to tell the court about the trauma they've endured since the shooting

(Newser) - After several victims tearfully and angrily told the court about their ongoing trauma, a judge sentenced the man who sprayed a New York City subway car with bullets to life in prison. Frank James, 64, had pleaded guilty earlier this year to terrorism charges. A 51-year-old man said he had...

Man, 74, Shoved Onto NYC Subway Tracks

Police are seeking suspect in late-night attack

(Newser) - The NYPD is looking for a suspect who shoved a 74-year-old man onto the subway tracks early Tuesday in what is believed to have been a completely unprovoked attack. Metropolitan Transit Authority officials say a contractor witnessed the attack and pulled Trevor Crawford back onto the platform at the Hunter...

2 Boys, 14, Die While 'Subway Surfing' in NYC

Authorities are begging people not to try the dangerous stunt

(Newser) - In separate tragedies a week apart, two 14-year-olds died while "subway surfing" in New York City last month. On Thursday night, police were called to a Queens subway station and found Jevon Fraser unresponsive on a train platform with wounds "indicative of falling from an elevated height,"...

Grand Jury Indicts Daniel Penny
Daniel Penny Enters Plea
updated
Jun 28, 2023 4:30 PM CDT

Daniel Penny Enters Plea

Jordan Neely's father attends arraignment in NYC

(Newser) - Daniel Penny, who used a fatal chokehold on a fellow subway passenger, was arraigned in a four-minute hearing Wednesday in New York City. The Marine veteran pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide charges in the death of Jordan Neely, 30, WNBC reports. Neely's father, Andre...

Cops: Man Slammed Woman's Head Against Moving Train

Homeless man Kamal Semrade charged with attempted murder in NYC subway attack

(Newser) - A homeless man in New York City is facing a charge of attempted murder after allegedly shoving a woman's head against a moving subway train in a seemingly random, unprovoked attack. Kamal Semrade, 39, was arrested at a homeless shelter in Queens late Monday. He was charged Tuesday and...

Neely's Family Not Happy With Manslaughter Charge

They say Daniel Penny should see murder charges after fatal chokehold on NYC subway

(Newser) - A Marine veteran who put a fellow New York City subway rider into a fatal chokehold earlier this month was arraigned Friday morning and charged with second-degree manslaughter, a felony. Per the Washington Post , 24-year-old Daniel Penny surrendered at Manhattan Criminal Court at the request of the Manhattan district attorney'...

NYC Mayor, AOC at Odds Over Subway Killing
DA Announces Charge
in Subway Killing
updated
May 11, 2023 5:40 PM CDT

DA Announces Charge in Subway Killing

Marine veteran to face count of second-degree manslaughter

(Newser) - Daniel Penny, the Marine veteran who placed a New York City subway passenger in a chokehold, will be charged with second-degree manslaughter, the Manhattan district attorney's office announced Thursday. A spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said officials expect arraignment to take place Friday, ABC News reports. The...

Self-Appointed Executioners 'Walk Among Us' in America

Roxane Gay writes that Americans have lost respect for sanctity of life, unless it's their own

(Newser) - The killing of a homeless street performer on the New York City subway this week is further proof to Roxane Gay of a disturbing new truth in America: "Increasingly, it is not safe to be in public, to be human, to be fallible," she writes in a New ...

Man Dies After Subway Rider Puts Him in Chokehold
NYC Subway Chokehold
Death Ruled a Homicide
UPDATED
May 3, 2023 7:05 PM CDT

NYC Subway Chokehold Death Ruled a Homicide

Subway rider placed 30-year-old Jordan Heely in deadly hold

(Newser) - The death of a man restrained by another passenger on the New York City subway was ruled a homicide Wednesday amid rising outrage. The medical examiner's office said 30-year-old Jordan Neely died from "compression of neck (chokehold)" and the manner of death was homicide, CBS reports. Witnesses said...

Fox Meteorologist Says Teens Beat Him Up on NYC Subway

'Where's the city?' asks Adam Klotz

(Newser) - Fox News meteorologist Adam Klotz says he is doing OK after being beaten up by teenagers on the New York City subway over the weekend. But he has some questions, including, "Why is the weather guy on the train trying to stop crime in the middle of the night?"...

Man Dies in Freak Accident in NYC Subway

He was reportedly running for the train, didn't make it

(Newser) - The latest tragedy to occur in the New York City subway wasn't a crime but rather a horrible accident. The New York Daily News reports it involves a 20-year-old man who was on the Upper West Side trying to board a southbound train at the 59th Street Columbus Circle...

3 Convictions Tossed in Notorious 1995 NYC Murder

Men were convicted of setting fire to booth of toll clerk

(Newser) - After decades in prison, three men were cleared Friday in one of the most horrifying crimes of New York’s violent 1990s—the killing of a clerk who was set on fire in a subway toll booth, per the AP . A judge dismissed the murder convictions of Vincent Ellerbe, James...

Subway Rider Killed After Pants Get Snagged in Door

NYPD is investigating early morning fatal accident

(Newser) - A rider on the New York City subway is dead after a freak accident Wednesday night—his pants got snagged in the doors of the train, reports the Daily News . Police say 37-year-old Marcus Bryant was getting off a train at a Brooklyn station when his pants, and possibly his...

Cops Seek Man in Connection With NYC Subway Murder
Suspect in NYC Subway
Killing Gives Himself Up
UPDATED
May 24, 2022 2:45 PM CDT

Suspect in NYC Subway Killing Gives Himself Up

Andrew Abdullah, 25, surrendered on Tuesday

(Newser) - Updated: The man wanted in a seemingly unprovoked fatal shooting on a New York City subway turned himself in to police on Tuesday. WABC reports Andrew Abdullah, 25, surrendered to police at a Manhattan precinct after his Brooklyn-based pastor first went to the Fifth Precinct and "worked out the...

Man Fatally Shot on NYC Subway in Unprovoked Attack

Sunday shooting appears to be random, police say

(Newser) - As a 48-year-old man was seated in the last car of a subway en route from Brooklyn to Manhattan Sunday morning, he was fatally shot by another subway rider in what appears to have been a random attack. Witnesses told police that as the train crossed the Manhattan Bridge, the...

Attorney for Subway Suspect: Avoid 'Rush to Judgment'

Frank James was ordered held without bail

(Newser) - Update: New York City subway shooting suspect Frank James was ordered held without bail on Thursday. The 62-year-old had a "subdued demeanor" in a court appearance as he quietly answered questions and acknowledged that he understood the charges against him, per the AP . Later, defense attorney Mia Eisner-Grynberg cautioned...

Report: Frank James Called Crime Stoppers on Himself

He faces federal terrorism charge

(Newser) - The call to a tip line that led to the arrest of New York City mass shooting suspect Frank James came from somebody who definitely won't be able to collect the $50,000 reward, law enforcement sources tell the AP and NBC New York . The sources say it was...

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