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Suspect accused of shoving 74-year-old onto UES subway tracks arrested

By FOX 5 NY STAFF
Published  September 14, 2023 10:05pm EDT
Upper East Side
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74-year-old man shoved onto NYC subway tracks

A 74-year-old man was pushed onto the subway tracks in an unprovoked attack on the Upper East Side, the NYPD said. FOX 5 NY's Dan Bowens has the details.

NEW YORK - The suspect who allegedly injured a 74-year-old man by shoving him onto the subway tracks in Manhattan has been arrested.

Police say Derrick Mills, 49, is facing assault charges.

Authorities say that at around midnight on Tuesday, Mills pushed the victim onto tracks at the 68th Street–Hunter College station on the Upper East Side.

NYC Transit said that Mills' image was caught by a station platform camera, and the picture investigators released helped the NYPD make an arrest.

The victim was hospitalized after the incident and is in stable condition.