By The newspaper
Jun 22, 2024, 3:12 PM EDT
Diego Figueroa was arrested on suspicion of killing Johnny Medina last night during an argument on the New York Subway.
NYPD officers responded to the 175th St A Line station in Washington Heights just before 6 pm Friday in response to reports of a stabbing. Medina (40) was taken to NYC Health + Hospitals in Harlem where he was pronounced dead.
Additionally, service at that station was disrupted and delayed for a few hours in both directions while the NYPD continued its investigation.
Both men knew each other, he said. DailyNews. It is not clear the reason for the dispute, which according to witnesses began in the nearby “J. Hood Wright.” Medina was a popular musician and fashion enthusiast known as “J McFly” in the community, said his friend Alberto Frozani.
During the fight, Figueroa suffered a deep cut on his leg, NYPD sources said. When he showed up at a nearby hospital for treatment, doctors called the police, which led to him being questioned.
He was later arrested and now faces murder and weapons charges, reported ABCNews. All charges are mere accusations and those charged are presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.
MTA communications director Tim Minton said in a statement last night: “This was a senseless attack that spread from the street to the subway, and we are providing full cooperation in the investigation, confident that law enforcement of New York will quickly identify and arrest the perpetrator.”
Since taking office in January 2022, Mayor Eric Adams, former NYPD, announced several times that the number of police officers in the chaotic NYC Subway would be doubled. But the violence has continued. Two sexual attacks on women ages 16 and 50 were reported this week at stations in Manhattan and both suspects remain at large.
This year at least three people have been shot to death in the subway. Additionally, at the end of March five people were fatally run over on the New York subway in separate incidents in an alarming stretch of just 72 hours in the middle of Easter.
Gov. Kathy Hochul in March deployed 750 National Guardsmen along with 250 state and MTA police to search passengers’ belongings at the busiest stations, citing violent incidents such as the near-fatal slashing of a Metro driver’s neck and the postal worker kicked onto the rails. A woman was also amputated when she was pushed onto the tracks by her Hispanic boyfriend.
Then the “Operation Fare Play” plan announced that it would deploy about 800 officers to stations to address fare evasion and related crimes, theoretically indicating a greater focus on transit safety, he said. NBC News.
A survey released in March found that New Yorkers are generally dissatisfied with the quality of public transportation and many are afraid to use it, citing safety concerns. Criminal acts, accidents, jumps onto the tracks and delays due to failures are frequently reported.
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