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Suspect arrested after fatal subway stabbing
A 36-year-old man has been charged after a fatal stabbing aboard a subway train in Brooklyn on Tuesday night.
BROOKLYN - A 36-year-old man was stabbed to death inside a moving subway car in Brooklyn, and the NYPD said the suspect is now under arrest.
Police responded to a 911 call Tuesday just after 8 p.m. reporting a man stabbed in the chest on a northbound ‘J’ train approaching Marcy Avenue and Broadway in the Williamsburg section.
The incident happened on a northbound ‘J’ train approaching Marcy Avenue and Broadway. (Citizen App)
Responding officers found a 36-year-old man with a stab wound to the chest. Paramedics rushed him to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
The victim has been identified as DeVictor Ouedraogo of Bed-Stuy.
The NYPD says Ouedraogo was harassing multiple passengers on the train shortly before the incident... including the girlfriend of the person accused of stabbing him.
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Police arrest suspect in fatal Brooklyn stabbing
FOX 5 NY's Antwan Lewis has the details.
Officers from the 90th precinct arrested 20-year-old Jordan Williams of St. Albans Queens and have charged him with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon.
The NYPD says this is the fourth transit homicide this year, the same number at this point in 2022.
Police combed the subway car and the platform for evidence. (LLN NYC)
According to the latest NYPD crime statistics, murders citywide are down year to date by 12.5%, but they've risen in the 90th Precinct from 0 to 4.