Authorities claim that a homeless man from New York City who had over two dozen prior arrests was detained on Tuesday after pushing a 66-year-old victim onto subway lines over the weekend and threatening to kill him.
At a press conference on several ongoing investigations, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig claimed that Corey Walcott, 44, reportedly shoved the victim at 3 p.m. on Sunday at the President Street station in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights area.
Before being shoved, our victim claims the perpetrator approached him and threatened to murder him, according to Essig. “He starts to flee. He is shoved onto the rails while being pursued by the offender.”
Authorities say that the victim, who has not been named, did not touch the third rail and was not hit by a train.
The victim was transported by emergency personnel to NYC Health and Hospitals/Kings County in stable condition. Essig stated that he had had “significant agony to his body, his wrists, and his knees.”
Transit investigators apprehended Walcott on Manhattan’s 14 Street and 6 Avenue after being recognized as the suspect. The assault was alleged against Walcott.
Walcott, according to Essig, had been detained 19 times before for offenses like several instances of forced touching, illegal possession of a controlled substance, assault, criminal sale of marijuana, fare evasion, and criminal possession of a weapon.
Throughout the pandemic, transportation crime increased in New York City, and the city has been making efforts to make its subways safer.
Data from the public police show that as of Sunday, there had been 215 registered citywide transport crimes for the year to date, a decrease of 21.8% from the 275 reported during the same period the previous year.