A 40-year-old man was fatally stabbed at an Higher Manhattan subway station Friday evening throughout a dispute with one other particular person, the police mentioned.
Officers responding to a 911 name about an individual stabbed on the West one hundred and seventy fifth Road A practice station in Washington Heights simply earlier than 6 p.m. discovered the person close to the turnstiles on the mezzanine stage, the police mentioned. He had been stabbed a number of instances within the torso, the police mentioned.
The person, whose identify was not launched pending notification of his household, was taken to Harlem Hospital, the place he was pronounced lifeless, the police mentioned.
No arrests had been made as of Friday evening, and the investigation was persevering with, the police mentioned.
Round 8:30 p.m., a station entrance on Fort Washington Avenue between West 174th and one hundred and seventy fifth Streets was closed off with yellow police tape. A trains had been skipping the station, in response to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the subways. Cops on the station entrances had been directing riders to take the bus or head to stations at West 181st or 168th Streets.
M.T.A. surveys present that many riders really feel unsafe, however knowledge has not all the time confirmed the general public’s notion. Crime charges rose in the course of the coronavirus pandemic beginning in 2020, however final yr total crime within the transit system fell almost 3 p.c in contrast with 2022 even because the variety of each day riders rose 14 p.c.
There have been 5 murders within the transit system this yr by way of June 16, in response to police knowledge, in contrast with 4 throughout the identical time interval final yr. Total main crime within the transit system this yr is down 5.5 p.c in contrast with the identical time interval final yr.
