New video shows suspect accused of pushing man onto subway tracks in Brooklyn
NEW YORK -- New video shows the suspect police say pushed a man onto the tracks at a Brooklyn subway station.
It happened Friday afternoon at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues station in Bushwick.
In the video, the suspect can be seen putting down his backpack and looking up and down the platform before suddenly charging at a man walking on the opposite side of the platform, knocking him onto the tracks. The suspect then picks up his backpack and runs out of the station.
In a phone interview, the victim, David Martin, told CBS2's Christine Sloan he's in severe pain.
"My collar bone is broken and everything around it is sprained so I can barely move my left side," he said.
The 32-year-old is also terrified.
"I am from New York City and the trauma that I have ... is pretty intense right now," he said.
Martin says the suspect shoved him as he waited for an L train.
"I got pushed on my side and before I knew it, I was on the tracks," he said. "The minute I landed, I opened my eyes, and I'm looking into the tunnel. People were really nice trying to pull me up, but I was in too much pain, so I walked to the end of the station and walked up a little ladder."
Just this week, there have been close to a dozen violent incidents at subway stations, including a couple who was attacked but fought back with pepper spray and a man who was hit on the head with a sheathed sword.
Saturday, Gov. Kathy Hochul and city leaders announced a joint subway crime-fighting plan.
Watch the full announcement
"Violent attacks, muggings, a 15-year-old boy losing his life to violence just a week ago. Nine homicides in our subway so far this year," Hochul said.
READ MORE: New York City, state plan to make subway system safer with cops, cameras and care, leaders say
The initiative places more cameras at stations and deploys uniformed officers to platforms and on moving trains.
"You could have cops upstairs on the station, but you don't know if someone is going to push somebody in every part of the station," Martin said.
The suspect who attacked Martin has not yet been caught.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.
