Police stated the suspect accused of violently pushing a person onto subway tracks in entrance of an oncoming prepare in Chelsea on New Yr’s Eve has been arrested on an tried homicide cost.
The NYPD arrested 23-year-old Kamel Hawkins hours after the afternoon incident on the 18th Avenue station in Manhattan. Police stated a 45-year-old man was struck by a southbound 1 prepare simply after 1:30 p.m.
He was taken to Bellevue Hospital with accidents to his head and a damaged rib, however was acutely aware and alert, and is anticipated to outlive, a legislation enforcement supply tells NBC New York.
On Tuesday night, legislation enforcement sources stated the 23-year-old has a number of prior arrests for assault and harassment.
Surveillance video obtained by NBC New York, which is troublesome to look at, seems to point out the sufferer was checking his cellphone when he was pushed from the platform by somebody carrying a jacket with a hood over his head simply moments earlier than the prepare arrived on the station.
Legal professional contact data for Hawkins was not instantly identified.
