DA: Former police officer killed ex-girlfriend before subway jump
NEW YORK -- A fired police officer accused of fatally stabbing his ex-girlfriend in the driveway of her New Jersey home threw himself in front of a New York City subway and was in a hospital Friday, a prosecutor said.
Arthur Lomando, 44, of Centereach, sustained "severe" injuries to his head and legs after he jumped in front of the train in Harlem Thursday night, said Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli.
Lomando was taken to a hospital for surgery. His condition was not known.
The prosecutor said Lomando approached Suzanne Bardzell, 48, hours earlier with a machete-like knife as she pulled into the driveway of her home. Lomando smashed the window of her car and stabbed her several times, the prosecutor said. Bardzell, who was a special education teacher with two teenage sons, died at the scene, Molinelli said.
The two had dated for about three years. Bardzell had a protection order against Lomando after repeated incidents of domestic violence, Molinelli said.
Authorities had issued warrants charging Lomando with murder, weapons offenses and violating a restraining order.
In 2004, Lomando was fired after 10 years as a New York City police officer. He filed a lawsuit last year seeking to be reinstated.