TOMORROW HEARINGS ARE GOING TO
BE HELD IN PATERSON AND
HACKENSACK.
>>> ANOTHER ACT OF SUBWAY
VIOLENCE HAS COMMUTERS ON EDGE THIS MORNING.
"TODAY IN NEW YORK’S" TRACIE
STRAHAN IS LIVE IN MID TOWN WITH
DETAILS.
TRACIE?
>> Reporter: PEOPLE ARE ON EDGE,
DARLENE, BUT NO ONE IS SURPRISED
TO HEAR ABOUT THE ATTACKS THAT HAPPENED HERE OVER THE WEEKEND.
NOW IN THE LATEST INSTANCE
POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR A
SUSPECT.
A MAN WAS SIMPLY LOOKING AT HIS
PHONE ON THE SUBWAY PLATFORM
WHEN HE WAS KICKED ONTO IT. LET’S SHOW YOU SOME VIDEO
BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT
HAPPENED STRAIGHT BEFORE 5:00
SUNDAY.
THE NYPD STILL LOOKING FOR A
SUSPECT WHO KICKED A 64-YEAR-OLD
VICTIM WHO WAS ON A PLATFORM
NORTHBOUND LOOKING AT HIS CELL
PHONE AND SUDDENLY FELL ON TO
THE TRACKS WHEN HE WAS KICKED IN
THE BACK.
AFTER BEING HELPED.
HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL
HOSPITAL.
THANKFULLY, HE IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.
NOW POLICE RELEASED THIS VIDEO
OF ANOTHER SUSPECT THEY’RE ON
THE HUNT FOR IN ANOTHER VIOLENT
SUBWAY ATTACK.
THE MAN YOU SEE HERE APPROACHED
A 27-YEAR-OLD COMMUTER ON A
NORTHBOUND A TRAIN FRIDAY.
THEY SAY HE MADE A HOMOPHOBIC
REMARK AND AS THE TRAIN WAS
PULLING INTO PENN STATION, HE
PULLED OUT A BOX CUTTER SLASHING
HIS VICTIM ON HIS LEFT HAND.
OVERALL THERE HAS BEEN A 13% JUMP IN SUBWAY CRIMES THIS YEAR
ALONE.
>> I WOULD SAY DEFINITELY WHEN
I’M TAKING THE TRAIN HERE I
STAND BY THE POLICE BECAUSE I
GET A LITTLE NERVOUS BY MYSELF.
>> Reporter: SO FAR THERE HAVE
BEEN THREE MURDERS REPORTED ON THE CITY’S SUBWAY SYSTEM.
WHILE HE’S PUSHING BACK ON THE
NOTION THE SUBWAY CRIME IS OUT
OF CONTROL, THEY WANT TO PUT
CAMERAS IN EACH SUBWAY CAR, A
SAFETY MEASURE AIMED AT EASING
CONCERNS.
AS WE BRING YOU BACK LIVE,
COMMUTERS HERE STILL HEARING
ABOUT THIS AS THE SUSPECT
REMAINS AT LARGE FROM YESTERDAY’S ATTACK.
THE NYPD SAYING HE APPEARS TO BE
A MAN IN HIS 30s LAST SEEN
WEARING ALL BLACK WITH A BEARD.