A Metropolitan Transit Company employee was punched within the face after stepping in to interrupt up a subway argument Thursday — simply steps from the place a sword-wielding wacko murdered an harmless man this week.
MTA monitor employee Michael Grosso, 59, was on responsibility a bit of after midnight, engaged on the southbound A/C line within the Jay Road station, when he noticed a person arguing with a passenger on the platform and determined to step in, police sources advised The Put up.
Nevertheless, Grosso rapidly turned the subsequent goal.
The suspect — who police described as a black male in his 40s wearing all black — turned on Grosso, balling up his fist and punching Grosso within the left aspect of the face, police mentioned.
The suspect then bolted topside escaping into the evening.
Regardless of the surprising assault, the MTA employee refused medical consideration on the scene.
The placement of the Jay Road subway is the place a beloved Brooklyn safety guard was senselessly murdered in a close-by hall days earlier.
Nicola Tanzi, 64, was brutally crushed and stomped to demise after he held the subway safety gate open for David Mazariegos, 25.
Mazariegos was arrested a couple of hours later in Occasions Sq. toting a samurai sword — a weird element that has surprised New Yorkers.
The maniac advised police he didn’t like the best way Tanzi checked out him.
The Put up reached out to a spokesperson on the Transport Employees Union about Thursday’s assault however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
