{"id":175625,"date":"2026-03-26T05:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175625\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T05:44:11","slug":"elderly-vet-shoved-onto-subway-tracks-has-died-from-injuries-alleged-killer-charged-with-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/175625\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly vet shoved onto subway tracks has died from injuries, alleged killer charged with murder"},"content":{"rendered":"

An elderly Air Force veteran<\/a> who was shoved onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway station in a random attack has died of his injuries \u2014 and the alleged killer now faces murder charges.<\/p>\n

Richard Williams, 83, was waiting on the downtown platform for the F and Q trains at the Lexington Ave.-63rd St. station when he was shoved onto the tracks<\/a> around 11:30 a.m. on March 8. Moments before, the assailant had pushed a 30-year-old man standing next to Williams onto the tracks as well without saying a word, cops said.<\/p>\n

Bairon Hernandez, 34, who was arrested March 10 for attempted murder, had the charges against him upgraded Wednesday to murder for Williams\u2019 death, court records show.<\/p>\n

Williams was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Weill Cornell in critical condition, where he died on March 17. His heartbroken daughter told the Daily News just days after the attack that he was not expected to survive.<\/p>\n

\"BaironSuspect Bairon Hernandez, 34, who allegedly shoved two people onto the subway tracks over the weekend being walked by detectives from the Upper East Side on March 10, 2026. (Kerry Burke\/New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t look good,\u201d the victim\u2019s eldest daughter, Debbie Williams, told The News from her father\u2019s hospital bedside. \u201cHe is on life support.\u201d<\/p>\n

The city\u2019s medical examiner attributed Williams\u2019 cause of death to multiple blunt-force injuries, cops said.<\/p>\n

A cancer survivor, Williams led an active life prior to the attack, his daughter said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father loves the city,\u201d the victim\u2019s daughter said. \u201cHe was on his way to get sushi. He took the subway all the time. He\u2019s always been a New Yorker. He raised his three daughters on Long Island.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williams recently celebrated his 55th wedding anniversary and was enjoying his retirement after a career making bulletproof equipment, family members said.<\/p>\n

Hernandez is a Honduran immigrant who was captured at a Brooklyn homeless shelter after an acquaintance recognized his photo, according to law enforcement sources.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat son of a b\u2014-, I hope he rots in hell,\u201d Debbie Williams said. \u201cTo push one person down and then to push another down?\u201d<\/p>\n

An attorney for Hernandez said his client\u00a0had strong community ties \u2014 living with a roommate in Brooklyn, employed at the same job for 14 years, and with his father living close by in Jersey City.<\/p>\n

\u200b\u201cHe vehemently denies these allegations,\u201d said attorney Michael Papson. \u201cHe\u2019s never been arrested in the state of New York \u2014 ever.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hernandez was held on bail set at $100,000 cash and $300,000 bond after pleading not guilty at his arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court earlier this month. He is due to be arraigned Monday on the new charges.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An elderly Air Force veteran who was shoved onto the tracks at a Manhattan subway station in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159606,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[262,263,266,85,267,75,84,83,9,24,264,12,63,261,265],"class_list":["post-175625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-city","tag-county","tag-crime-and-public-safety","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-county","tag-news","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-crime","tag-sub-county-region"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159606"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}