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New York|Man Is Fatally Stabbed After Fight on Subway Train in Manhattan
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The killing occurred after the man got into a fight with his assailant on a downtown No. 5 train during the morning rush hour, officials said.
April 25, 2025, 4:03 p.m. ET
A 38-year-old man was fatally stabbed early Friday by a second man with whom he had been fighting on a downtown No. 5 train as it pulled into a Manhattan station during rush hour, officials said.
Police officers responding to a 911 call about a stabbing at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall station arrived at around 8:30 a.m. to find the victim unconscious on the platform with several chest wounds, the police said. Emergency medical workers took the man to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The dead man’s name was not released pending notification of his family. The assailant, believed to be in his 30s, fled from the station, the police said. The investigation was continuing, and no arrests had been made as of Friday afternoon, the police said.
It was unclear what prompted the fight that preceded the stabbing. The police said they did not believe the men knew each other.
At 10:15 a.m., a splatter of what appeared to be blood was visible inches from the edge of the station’s downtown platform. Officers milled about the blocked-off platform, as downtown trains, diverted from the station amid the investigation, rumbled past. Riders on the uptown side looked on, stunned and confused.
The killing came at a fraught time for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state agency that operates the subway and is in a standoff with the Trump administration over funding for the transit system.
