Overview
- Manhattan prosecutors, who announced the indictment Monday, charged Bairon Hernandez with second-degree murder plus attempted first-degree assault and second-degree assault in state Supreme Court.
- At his arraignment Monday afternoon, he pleaded not guilty and a judge ordered him held without bail.
- Prosecutors say he shoved a 30-year-old who injured his shoulder, then pushed 83-year-old Richard Williams, who died March 17 from a brain bleed.
- The attacks occurred March 8 on the F/Q platform at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street, and police say Hernandez fled the station before being arrested two days later.
- The Department of Homeland Security says he is a Honduran national with five unlawful entries and four prior deportations, most recently in 2020.