{"id":362050,"date":"2026-10-01T18:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/362050\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T18:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:30:44","slug":"nyc-subway-stabbing-arrest-made-after-man-killed-on-j-train-in-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/362050\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC subway stabbing: Arrest made after man killed on J train in Queens"},"content":{"rendered":"

QUEENS, New York (WABC) — New York City police are questioning the 25-year-old man accused of stabbing a fellow train rider to death<\/a> with a kitchen knife.<\/p>\n

Jyrell Thomas was taken to Jamaica Hospital for a psych evaluation on Thursday morning. He is described by police as emotionally disturbed.<\/p>\n

He was later arrested on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n

He got into a verbal dispute with a 59-year-old man from Queens on the northbound J train on Wednesday around 5:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

The dispute continued onto the platform, where the victim, Mesias Lojano, was stabbed multiple times in the chest and neck.<\/p>\n

The suspect dropped a serrated kitchen knife and fled, but at least four other riders pointed him out to nearby officers.<\/p>\n

They chased him to the roof of a nearby garage, where he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

Police say the argument started in the car and spilled out onto the platform.<\/p>\n

This is the sixth homicide in the subway system this year. There were four murders in the system all of last year, and 10 in 2024.<\/p>\n

There has been a 7% increase in assaults in the subway this year, with 441 vs 410 at this time last year.<\/p>\n

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