Inside a bus on the MX19 line … and in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx, a 55-year-old man was stabbed by another man and woman after an argument, according to police.
In the car, which remained in place this morning since yesterday, Sunday, around 20:22 when the event occurred, the traces of what happened were appreciated.
“The truth is that I also take the bus to come from my house very early, but on my part you don’t see much insecurity, but around here I’ve always seen something like … people are sometimes drugged or drunk, “Silvana Ochoa said, close by.
According to authorities, arriving at this site last night, located between East 149th Street and Gerard Avenue, they found the victim stabbed in the torso.
It is not known whether the three individuals knew each other. The 55-year-old man was pronounced dead at Lincoln Hospital and his attackers fled.
Barry Brown lives in the building behind him and calls him unfortunate for a neighborhood that already suffers from a nearby men’s shelter and drug problems.
After learning what happened inside a bus on the route she uses every day to get to work, Hilaria Santos says she thinks it could happen to her or a member of her family.
“There’s a lot of vandalism coming in, they push you, they take their seats … mostly here on 149 … there’s a lot, a lot of vandalism,” Santos said.
Santos says she and her husband take trains and buses to work every day. Once home, the obligatory topic of conversation is the insecurity that exists in public transport.
“The other day a lady slapped a man on the train simply because he sat next to her,” Santos said.
Last night’s second fatal stabbing attack in the Bronx and on public transport in less than 15 days.
Last Thursday, a 27-year-old man killed a 38-year-old man with multiple stab wounds as he got off a train on 176th Street in Morris Heights. The latter has already been arrested and reported.
Four knife attacks in the “Metro” were also reported last Thursday and eight people have lost their lives in violent acts so far this year.
Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell has ordered more subway patrols, but this latest incident also questions bus safety.
The 55-year-old deceased man has been identified as Lamont Barkley, a Bronx resident. The police want to find the responsible couple and ask for help by calling 1-888-57-TRACK in confidence.
