A homeless, “emotionally disturbed” man with practically a dozen prior busts stabbed a 51-year-old straphanger inside a Greenwich Village subway station in the course of the Thursday morning rush – knifing him within the again moments after the 2 feuded on board a prepare, cops and sources stated.
The 2 males – who didn’t know one another – clashed on board a Brooklyn-bound D prepare at West 4th Avenue round 7:30 a.m., cops stated.
Because the pair bought off the prepare, the suspect – later recognized as Justice Jackson, 30 — knifed the sufferer within the again, cops and sources stated.
The sufferer was taken by EMS staff to Bellevue Hospital, the place he was listed in steady situation, police stated.
In the meantime, Jackson — seen in a surveillance picture sporting darkish grey sweatpants, a black shirt and black slippers — hopped again on the prepare, sources stated.
He was arrested greater than 24 hours after the assault – round 1 p.m. Friday – and charged with each felony and misdemeanor assault, cops stated.
Jackson has 11 earlier arrests on his file — and is called each a grand larceny recidivist and a repeat offender within the metropolis’s transit system, the sources stated.
His final arrest was in July, for 3 separate grand larceny instances, in accordance with the sources.
Police additionally responded to 10 incidents involving Jackson as an “emotionally disturbed particular person,” in accordance with the sources.
He was hospitalized following his Friday arrest, in accordance with police, however it was not instantly clear why.
Felony assaults throughout the metropolis’s transit system have seen a slight uptick to date this 12 months, with 453 reported in comparison with the 445 presently in 2024, in accordance with the newest NYPD knowledge, launched on Sunday.
Nevertheless, total felony crime on the rails is down by about 4%, with 1,639 incidents reported in comparison with 1,706 throughout the identical time final 12 months, statistics present.
