Train operator stabbed at NYC subway station: police
CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn (PIX11) – A train operator was stabbed at a subway station in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, police said.
The incident happened at the Crown Heights–Utica Avenue station around 10:50 a.m., according to the NYPD.
The 64-year-old train operator was stabbed in the leg and abdomen on a southbound platform after getting into an argument with a person, police said.
Police arrested the suspect, who was identified as 27-year-old Bronx resident Jonathan Davalos. He was charged with attempted murder, assault and menacing, police said.
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