Suspect's image released in latest NYC subway push death

Image from surveillance video released by the NYPD shows a woman wanted in the subway push death of a man in Queens on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012. / WCBS

NEW YORK Police continue to search for a woman wanted in the death of a man pushed to his death in front of a subway train in Queens.

The incident happened around 8 p.m. Thursday on the elevated tracks at the 40th Street Station on Queens Boulevard in Sunnyside, CBS Station WCBS reports.

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Police said witnesses saw the woman pacing and mumbling on the platform before taking a seat alone on a wooden bench. Then, as the train approached the station, witnesses said she suddenly shot forward, shoving the unsuspecting man onto the tracks, directly into the path of an oncoming Number 7 train.

Police have not identified the victim. It was unclear if the victim was aware of the woman before she pushed him onto the tracks.

The New York Police Department released surveillance video of the suspect running away from the scene. Police said the woman raced down two flights of stairs after the attack and then disappeared onto the crowded street.

Detectives described her as a heavyset Hispanic woman in her 20s, approximately 5-foot-5, with blonde or brown hair. She was last seen wearing a blue, white and grey ski jacket and grey and red Nike sneakers.

The incident marked the second deadly subway push this month. On December 3, police said 58-year-old Ki Suck Han was pushed to his death by 30-year-old Naeem Davis. The two were seen on cell phone video arguing just moments before Han was pushed to his death.

In the most recent incident, witnesses said the victim never encountered his attacker and never saw what was coming.

Anyone with information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at (800) 577-TIPS. The public can also submit their tips by logging onto Crime Stoppers or texting tips to 274637(CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

[CPTALLEN]

NY CITY - THE ****** OF EARTH! You couldn't pay me enough to live that sewage hole of a city.

[joe_g2]

Why is the picture quality so horrible? Looks like a 100 pixel picture. This is like one of the blurry photos of Bigfoot. Is there is no modern software that could clean up this photo? What a joke on American taxpayers. All our tax dollars are being spent on converting the USA into a majority non-white nation, and giving the new "Americans" EBT cards, free housing, education, healthcare.
The camera that took this picture was purchased with what was left from the trillions our government spends. A POS made in China camera.

[CPTALLEN]

sound like WAL-Mart shopper. I can tell you appreciate the god given right to buy cheapest crap from china. what a hypocrite.

[Craig89lx]

ok,lets also ban trains.They wont stop killing people,ban them.

[vsmit]

Subway trains kill. Time for laws to put an end to the deaths.

[gibsonsdad]

This was all probably just some adolescent goof. No foul, no harm.

[hbullis]

What an ignorant comment.

[CPTALLEN]

***! you need to be shoved in front of a train. need population control on your genes. your offspring will definitely show inbreeding traits.

[cbsblogger]

I wouldn't live in NYC if they gave me a penthouse. A huge percentage of residents must be mentally deranged and the others are obviously losers for even accepting the perverted culture of urban living.

[jennirobbins]

I've lived in Brooklyn before, and the most I can say is that people need to be aware of their surroundings. I live in a different urban area now, still take public transportation, but people are so engaged in their phones, ipods, laptops,Nooks, we don't so much as even look up any more. This may sound crazy, but when I'm alone, I find the toughest, meanest group of "thuggish" looking men to stand by, and not once have I ever been bothered by them or anyone else, even the "crazies" that seem to haunt buses and train stops stay away from them. The current mental health system cant track all these people,and it's not supposed to. This lady has family, friends, they know who she is. Hold family responsible for their mentally ill members because they know what these people are like, the general public doesn't. And quit thinking there's a government solution out there for this societal issue. There isn't.

[codestud3]

She's not mentally ill. She ran away because she knew what she dud was wrong.

[aubfmet]

The camera that took that image should be recalled.

[logibear64]

Are all of you happy because she didn't use a gun?