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New York|Victim in Subway Shoving Suffered a Broken Skull and Other Injuries
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/01/nyregion/subway-shoving-victim-injuries.html
The suspect, Kamel Hawkins, has been charged with attempted murder and was arraigned on Wednesday morning.
Jan. 1, 2025, 11:29 a.m. ET
A man who was shoved to the subway tracks in Manhattan and into the path of a moving train suffered a fractured skull, four broken ribs and a ruptured spleen, according to court records filed on Wednesday.
The person accused of attacking him on Tuesday, Kamel Hawkins, 23, was charged with attempted murder in the second degree and four counts of assault, according to a criminal complaint filed by Manhattan prosecutors.
Mr. Hawkins was arraigned in Manhattan criminal court on Wednesday morning, a spokesman for the district attorney said. A judge ordered that Mr. Hawkins be held in jail until his next court date on Jan. 6.
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Mr. Hawkins has a string of prior arrests for assault, harassment and weapons possession, according to police and court records. He has an open case in Brooklyn criminal court, where he faces harassment charges.
The victim, whose name had not been released, was in critical but stable condition at Bellevue Hospital as of Tuesday night, the police said.
Surveillance video of the attack shows the victim in a light orange jacket standing near the edge of the southbound platform at the 18th Street station in Chelsea. He appears to be looking down at his phone when a man in a dark coat passes behind him.
The man in the dark coat doubles back and violently shoves the victim off the platform just as the train passes through.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
