Suspect arrested after unprovoked Bronx subway killing

NEW YORK - The NYPD has made an arrest after an unprovoked deadly stabbing of a man in a Bronx subway station.

Saquan Lemons, 27, was arrested Saturday morning and is charged with murder, manslaughter, and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the killing of 38-year-old Charles Moore on Thursday.

According to New York City Police, Moore was getting off of a northbound 4-train onto the platform at around 8:30 p.m. when a man approached him with a large knife.

Authorities say that the man began stabbing Moore multiple times in the back and chest before running off.

Moore was rushed to Saint Barnabas Hospital, where he later died.  He was the seventh person to be killed in the NYC transit system this year.

"As we've said before, anyone who targets transit riders or employees will have their picture taken and the NYPD will bring them to justice. In this terrible case, we thank detectives who used video from MTA cameras as part of a successful investigation resulting in rapid arrest of the suspect," MTA Chief Safety and Security Officer Pat Warren said in a statement.

The NYPD says it has made more than 600 arrests for illegal cutting instruments in the subway system this year, a 95% increase over 2021.

At a news conference on Friday announcing the city's latest crime statistics, NYPD officials slammed the state's bail reform laws, saying that only a few people are committing the vast majority of the crimes, which they say highlights the problem of recidivism.