Police released photos Saturday evening of a farebeater wanted for punching and slashing a subway rider who confronted him over jumping a turnstile.at an Upper West Side subway station Friday.
The 26-year-old victim told police he was assaulted on the northbound platform of the No. 1, 2, and 3 trains at the 72nd St. Station near Broadway around 3:15 p.m., according to cops.
Cops said he told them that when he confronted the farebeater, they argued before the man punched him and slashed him on his face before fleeing.
A blood soaked item is pictured after a slashing that occurred on the 1/2/3 platform at the W. 72nd St. subway station on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024 in Manhattan, New York. (Barry Williams for ˵Ӱ)
Paramedics took the victim to for treatment.
Police are asking for the public’s help to identify and track down the culprit.
Friday’s slashing mirrored a fatal stabbing in the Bronx last Saturday, when an argument between two straphangers escalated into a deadly stabbing.
The 33-year-old victim, Nigel Dumas, was arguing with Shane Cunnison, 37, about 3:30 p.m. aboard a northbound No. 2 train at the Third Avenue – 149th St. Station when Cunnison grabbed a knife away from Dumas and plunged it into his chest twice, cops said.
Police cuffed Cunnison later that day on the charge of first-degree manslaughter.
But Cunnison’s lawyer, Alexandra Katz, blamed Dumas for instigating the attack, saying he menaced her client and that the knife used in the stabbing belonged to the victim.
