Police are searching for the man accused of slashing a stranger following an argument on a Bronx subway platform in West Farms.<\/p>\n
According to the NYPD, the incident happened around 8:35 a.m. Sunday at the East 180th Street subway station. Investigators say a 45-year-old man was waiting for a northbound 5 train when another man pushed him as they boarded the train. The encounter escalated into a verbal dispute before the suspect allegedly slashed the victim in the neck with an unknown object.<\/p>\n
The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.<\/p>\n
As police continue searching for the suspect, some commuters told News 12 they are paying closer attention to their surroundings while riding the subway.<\/p>\n
“It’s best to just walk away. You don’t know the mental state of these people,” one commuter said.<\/p>\n
Another rider said avoiding distractions, such as using a cellphone, can help people stay aware of their surroundings while traveling.<\/p>\n
For Jeremiah Nu\u00f1ez, stories like this are especially personal. He says his father was on his way to the Bedford Park subway station when a man was stabbed there a few months ago.<\/p>\n
“He was like a little late, and I don’t know what could happen to him,” Nu\u00f1ez said.<\/p>\n
Other commuters also shared advice for staying safe, encouraging riders to remain aware of their surroundings and, when possible, travel with other people.<\/p>\n
The suspect remains at large. Police are asking anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Police are searching for the man accused of slashing a stranger following an argument on a Bronx subway…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-310948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310948","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=310948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}