Chilling video shows a subway pusher appearing to eye his random victim and then rush up behind him to shove him onto the train tracks in The Bronx over the weekend.
The terrifying attack happened around 11:50 a.m. Saturday while the 26-year-old victim was waiting for a northbound No. 6 train at the East 149th Street station, cops said.
Footage released by police Sunday shows the attacker first looking at the man, then walking up behind him and lurching toward the stranger before backing off again, in an apparent failed attempt.
Then the wild-eyed suspect runs up behind the man again and pushes him, cops said. The video doesn’t show the actual push.
The No. 6 train was arriving at the station at the time, but witnesses helped the man up, and he wasn’t struck by the train, cops said.
The suspect fled in an unknown direction.
The subway pusher eyes his victim before attacking him. DCPI
The victim was waiting for a northbound No. 6 train. DCPI
The suspect pushes the victim on his second attempt of approaching him. DCPIThe victim was taken to Jacobi Hospital in stable condition.
Police also released photos of the suspect. Anyone with information about the incident was asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS.
The shoving came less than a day after a 15-year-old was fatally shot during a fight on a subway car in Queens.
Major crime on the subways is up 42% so far this year compared to the same time period in 2021, including eight murders, NYPD and MTA data shows.
