Overview
- Police said a person of interest was picked up overnight in Brooklyn in connection with Sunday’s Lexington Avenue–63rd Street shovings, with his identity not yet released and charges pending.
- The assailant allegedly pushed a 30-year-old and an 83-year-old onto the southbound F/Q tracks minutes apart late Sunday morning before fleeing the station.
- Bystanders pulled both men back to the platform before a train arrived, and medics took them to NewYork–Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, where the younger victim, identified as John Rodriguez, is stable and the older man remains critical.
- Authorities released surveillance images showing a man in a gray jacket with a red hood and light-colored pants and asked the public to submit tips to Crime Stoppers.
- NYPD data show nine subway push incidents so far this year compared with three at this point last year, and officials say the investigation into the Upper East Side case remains active.