2 people killed, 2 injured in 'horrific' New York City subway stabbings

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Hat tip, WINS, I think. It could have been KYW or WBZ, but it was probably WINS.

2 people killed, 2 injured in 'horrific' New York City subway stabbings

Authorities are investigating whether one person is responsible for all four crimes.

Feb. 13, 2021, 5:42 PM EST
By Minyvonne Burke

Two people were killed and two others were injured in a "horrific" series of stabbings on a New York City subway line, Brooklyn's borough president said Saturday. ... The stabbings occurred between Friday morning and Saturday morning on the A train, according to police. Authorities are investigating whether one person is responsible for all four stabbings.

Police were called to a Fort Washington station around 11:20 a.m. Friday and found a 67-year-old man suffering stab wounds, authorities said at a news conference Saturday afternoon. ... Transit chief Kathleen O'Reilly said that the victim had been stabbed by an unidentified man and was taken to the hospital for treatment.

On Friday night, just before 11:30 p.m., police received another call at the Far Rockaway station and found a man on the train with stab wounds on his neck and body. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to O'Reilly. ... About two hours later, an employee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority found an unconscious 44-year-old woman on a train suffering from multiple stab wounds, according to authorities. She died at a hospital.

Around that same time, a 43-year-old man was found on the subway station in Fort Washington with stab wounds. The man told police that he was attacked by an unknown male, said Brian McGee, chief of detectives for northern Manhattan. ... The victim was taken to the hospital, where he was in stable condition.

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[MyMission]

1. I rode the A train for years

And 181st street was my stop. Hopefully it's only one sick individual, not coordinated.

I read that they assigned more officers to ride and patrol the subway.

I remember a few violent subway crimes over the years. In 1979 there was a spree of folks getting pushed off the platform on to the tracks. There was also gas rationing at the time.
I was out of the country, and that was the big news at the time.

They have subway cams, hope they find him.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. A suspect has been arrested.

Suspect arrested in NYC subway stabbings that killed 2, injured 2 others

The 21-year-old man is alleged to have attacked four homeless people in a 14-hour stabbing spree that began Friday morning.

Feb. 14, 2021, 2:58 PM EST
By Doha Madani

New York City police have arrested a man in connection with a series of subway stabbing attacks that killed two people and injured two others, the police department said Sunday.

The man, Rigoberto Lopez, 21, faces two charges of second-degree murder, two counts of attempted second-degree murder and a single count of first-degree murder, police said. Officials said the day before Lopez was arrested that officers were called to the Fort Washington subway station around 11:20 a.m. Friday and found a 67-year-old man suffering stab wounds.

CAUGHT! Subway slasher in custody, charged with slayings and stabbings.

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Officers found a man dead at a station in Far Rockaway with stab wounds to the face the and neck after another call at around 11:30 p.m. Friday. A few hours later, a Metropolitan Transportation Authority employee found a woman stabbed on a train.

The woman, 44, died at a hospital. ... Another man, 43, was found at the Fort Washington station with stab wounds around the same time, police said. He told police that he had been attacked by an unidentified man. ... All four of the people who were attacked are believed to be homeless, police said.

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Doha Madani is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.