A New York City man was pushed in front of a subway train, resulting in his death; he is the twelfth person to be pushed onto the tracks this year.
Heriberto Quintana, aged 48, was struck by a F train in Queens at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave station at 74th Street and Broadway.
The victim, according to authorities, collided with another man on the platform. A struggle began after the victim’s cellphone was knocked onto the train lines.
During the conflict, the victim fell onto the tracks and was struck by an incoming train.
ABC 7 reports that it is unclear whether the victim fell inadvertently or was intentionally shoved during the brawl. According to police, a suspect is in custody.
Despite the violence and subway pushings that have plagued the city this year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams stated on Monday that crime in the Big Apple is merely a “perception”
Heriberto Quintana, 48, a resident of Queens, was hit by a F train at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Ave station at 74th Street and Broadway.
Quintana fell onto the tracks after colliding with a man on the platform, who knocked his cellphone onto the tracks.
The most recent incident occurred just two days after a crazy guy pushed a man in front of an approaching train at random on Saturday morning, leaving good Samaritans with mere seconds to save his life.
At 11:50 a.m., surveillance camera captured the horrifying scene on 149th Street in the Bronx.
The pusher, who was wide-eyed and had unruly hair, followed the 26-year-old man for some seconds before running behind him and pushing him into the path of the approaching train.
The perpetrator then fled the station as horrified witnesses rushed to the victim’s rescue.
Before the train surged past the station, they were able to drag him to safety, and he was unharmed in the attack.
Now, the NYPD is seeking public assistance to identify the individual who shoved him.
Quintana and another individual fought. The altercation concluded with Quintana lying on the tracks as the approaching F train struck him.
It is unknown whether Quintana was intentionally shoved into the tracks during the bout or whether he fell accidently.
Adams stated on Monday that he and law enforcement are combating ‘real crime,’ and that the average of’six offenses per day’ on the subway does not give the impression that the situation is out of control.
He acknowledged that there are “too many guns” on New York City’s streets, but said that the NYPD had done a “great job” seizing thousands of firearms.
The mayor, who was hardly audible over the background sound of screeching sirens, continued: ‘We are dealing with genuine crimes, those eight homicides, as well as the dread that people are experiencing.
This perception and the actual crime are the two factors I must contend with.
However, we cannot ignore the fact that 3.5 million people use our subway system,’ he remarked.
This year, Quintana is at least the tenth person to have fallen onto the New York City subway lines.
Despite the violence and subway pushings that have plagued the city this year, New York City Mayor Eric Adams stated on Monday that the ‘impression’ that crime in the Big Apple is ‘out of control’ is only true.
Monday, officers direct metro riders away from the station where Quintana was fatally struck and killed.
The number of subway homicides has reached its highest level in 25 years, despite a decline in ridership.
There were never more than five murders per year on New York City subway trains between 1997 and 2020.
This number increased to six in 2020, eight in 2021, and is currently at eight with two and a half months remaining in the current year.
Felony crime on the subway has increased by 42%, although ridership has decreased by almost half.
In 2019, a monthly average of 142 million people traveled the subway, or around four million each day.
Now, the average number of monthly riders is 81million.
Officials are unable to explain the increase in crime.
Many attribute the cessation of assistance such as homeless shelters and mental health outreach programs to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Others assert that this is a result of lenient bail procedures in liberal places such as New York and San Francisco.
Do you recognize this man? Anyone who recognizes the suspect is urged to contact the NYPD at 800-577-TIPS.
Before the epidemic, New York State enacted substantial bail modifications in an effort to lower the prison population of low-level offenders.
It returned numerous repeat offenders to the community.
In New York City, this was exacerbated by the election of District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who instructed his staff to avoid imposing cash bail wherever possible.
Adams pledged to combat subway crime by establishing a specific train task team.
They have yet to have an effect on the escalating crime rate.
The mayor’s remarks on Monday come only days after 15-year-old Jayjon Burnett was fatally shot after a quarrel between two groups on a Far Rockaway A train in New York on Friday afternoon.
Keyondre Russell, 18, is being jailed without bail on murder charges in connection with the homicide, but he claims to be the true victim, claiming that Burnett shot him first and that he acted in self-defense.
Adams continued, “There are too many firearms on the street, and there is no consolation if you are shot in the subway or the street.”
“We have reduced homicides and the number of victims of shooters, and we continue to perform our job.”
Our police department has performed admirably, but everyone must do their share.
‘Judges must keep shooters in jail, and lawmakers must not pass laws that would allow them to return to our streets; we must prosecute these cases.’
“There are too many gins on our streets; those that are on the streets are also in our subways and schools.
There are far too many firearms on our streets for the number of innocent New Yorkers who carry them.