Trespasser with loaded rifle busted, 2 slashed – including man fighting with teen over seat – in NYC subway mayhem: cops

Two group were slashed – including a man who had been scuffling pinch a teen alien complete a spot – and a trespasser was busted pinch a loaded firearm successful a spurt of subway mayhem Tuesday, cops said. 

A 52-year-old man sewage into a spat pinch 19-year-old Chrisena Chambers complete seating connected committee a northbound No. 6 train astatine Lexington Avenue and East 51st Street astir 3:20 p.m. erstwhile nan teen flew into a rage, authorities said. 

Chambers allegedly slashed nan man connected nan near broadside of his face, adjacent his ear, cops and sources said. 

While nan injured man was treated astatine nan scene, Chambers stayed connected nan train – making it to nan East 125th Street position successful Harlem, wherever she was arrested, cops said. 

Chambers was charged pinch assault, criminal possession of a limb and harassment, authorities said. 

Several hours later, conscionable aft 11 p.m., a man slashed a female crossed nan look wrong nan 125th Street position astatine St. Nicholas Avenue, authorities said. 

That unfortunate was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside, wherever she was listed successful unchangeable condition. Her property was not known, but cops described her arsenic an adult.

Her attacker, past seen wearing a achromatic hoodie pinch a multi-colored flower, ran distant and had not been caught by Wednesday, police said.

The motive for that assault, and whether nan 2 knew each other, was not known, cops said.

Separately, a man was nabbed wrong a Bronx subway position pinch a loaded, defaced Palmetto State Armory TA-15 firearm precocious Tuesday afternoon, constabulary said. 

Abraham Sosa, 20, allegedly snuck down a “No trespass” motion and made his measurement toward a passageway successful nan Kingsbridge Road B and D train position astir 4:30 p.m. erstwhile eagle-eyed cops stopped him successful his tracks, cops and sources said. 

Sosa past allegedly flipped retired and fought pinch nan officers – 2 of whom suffered insignificant injuries, constabulary said.

During nan struggle, nan limb fell retired of Sosa’s backpack, cops said.

Meanwhile, a 21-year-old man entered nan fray, kicking 1 of nan cops’ body-worn cameras onto nan subway tracks, constabulary said. 

That man, identified arsenic Christopher Mayren, besides snatched 1 of nan officers’ compartment phones, constabulary said. 

Sosa was slapped pinch aggregate limb possession raps – pinch 25 counts related to possession of bullets – resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, criminal trespass, battle connected a constabulary serviceman and second-degree assault, cops said. 

Mayren was charged pinch obstructing governmental administration, criminal mischief, criminal possession of stolen property, petit larceny, aggravated harassment and harassment, constabulary said. 

Overall, felony crime successful nan city’s transit strategy is down truthful acold this year, pinch 1,807 offenses reported compared to 1,928 astatine this constituent successful 2023, according to nan latest NYPD data, updated Sunday. 

However, murders person jumped to 9 from nan 5 reported successful 2023, and six rapes were reported, up from past year’s four, nan information shows.

Shootings connected nan rails person accrued – pinch 11 group wounded successful six incidents, compared to 5 injured successful 4 shootings past year. 

Gun arrests are measurement up, pinch 65 specified busts compared to 39 astatine this constituent successful 2023, according to nan stats.