UPDATE (10/31/2022): Police have announced the arrest of 31-year-old Reginald Matthews, a resident of the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, for his involvement in the incident described below. Matthews has been arrested on charges of Assault on a Victim 65 or Older. Public records show that Matthews is also facing charges of Petit Larceny and Criminal Possession of Stolen Property, both of which have stemmed from a different incident.
The police are looking for two suspects who assaulted an elderly man on a 1 train this week. If you see the suspects, please contact the NYPD through the methods listed at the bottom of this article.
The incident took place on Thursday at about 3:30 p.m on a southbound train approaching the 96th Street station.
When a 78-year-old man asked someone to lower the volume of music playing from their speaker, police say “The individual and his companion proceeded to punch the elderly male multiple times about the face.”
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The elderly main got off the train with bruises and lacerations on his face. He was transported by EMS to an area hospital in stable condition.
The suspects stayed on the train and police believe they exited at the 34th Street station.
There were no arrests, but luckily someone took photos of the suspects and shared them with the police.
The first suspect is a Black male standing approximately 6’0″ tall and weighing about 185 pounds. He has a goatee and was last seen wearing a black hooded sweatshirt with a graphic on the front, a red bandana, gray jeans, a multi-colored backpack and white Nike sneakers.
The second suspect is a Black female who police describe as having a “medium build, long brown hair with brown eyes.” She was last seen wearing a black hooded jacket with a fur lining, a black t-shirt, orange sweatpants, black sneakers and black-framed glasses.
Anyone with information about these individuals is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website or by sending a direct message to @NYPDTips on Twitter. All calls are strictly confidential.
I wonder if anyone standing around did anything to help or stop it from it being even worse.
Nah, that would have required some decency. Or some community. Or some courage.
Those “standing arould” stood around while these two went on their way, riding down to 34 Street. That’s a long time to “stand around” and not give a damn.
Just go to the next car. Anyone dysfunctional enough to blast their music on a train will have poor conflict resolution and verbalization skills. It’s not worth talking to them.
These low life’s are clearly identifiable, and if they are caught, then what? Punching a 78 y/o man multiple times in the face, where are the repercussions?
Unfortunately there probably won’t be any and these thugs are enabled to act this way knowing this.
Think about that when you vote!
What’s important to you in your everyday life.
I don’t agree with both parties 100% on their positions,
but we need to have safe streets and subways.
Which candidate has the better chance at providing this?
A governor that is attempting to do something 2 weeks before an election?
Unarmed security guards in the subways?? Just wait until one confronts a fare beater and will then pay the price. It may be better to have them then not but it’s not a solution. Need more police that will be able to act when needed.and prosecutions.
Is that you Lee?
Does Trump rule you?
Are you afraid of women, or just hate ’em?
I have a few more questions, but I’ll hold back until I hear from you..
There should be a harsh penalty just for subway crimes because you’re stuck with these scary idiots and the most you can do is not engage them. Each person for themselves when an angry lunatic is in your car, and they take full advantage of the vulnerability
“Each person for themselves”…but why?
Arent we better off as a society?
Are we now just following the Law of the Jungle?
Have been reading I love the upper west side for years, and I also ride the subways. What I see are police in the lobbies of the subways, standing 3together, on their cellphones, totally unengaged with what is going on around them. They should be on the platforms, riding the subway cars. Why are they paid to stand around in the lobbies? I have seen lots of young blacks jumping the turnstiles, sometimes right in front of these cops. These cops should be trained in marshal arts, communication skills to help down play confrontations between people, and should be riding the rails.
Oh, Marcy, Marcy, Marcy…
“You know, sometimes we’re not prepared for adversity.
When it happens sometimes, we’re caught short.
We don’t know exactly how to handle it when it comes up.
Sometimes, we don’t know just what to do when adversity takes over. (chuckle).
And I have advice for all of us, I got it from my pianist Joe Zawinul who wrote this tune.
And it sounds like what you’re supposed to say when you have that kind of problem.
It’s called mercy, mercy, mercy.”