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Another innocent bystander has been hit by a stray bullet, this time an 80-year-old man in the South Bronx. He was wounded while walking with his family.
Police are trying to track down a woman accused of punching a 71-year-old woman last month at a subway station in Manhattan.
For months, there has been a tug of war between the city and the MTA, with transit leadership begging for more police officers.
It happened around 4:20 p.m. Sunday at Sara D. Roosevelt Park near Forsyth and Broome streets.
Police said the woman was attending a vigil for another victim of gun violence when she was shot.
Police say the suspect entered the grounds and tore down a large cross with a statue of Jesus.
Family members said Francisco Villalva Vitinio had just finished his shift with DoorDash when he was gunned down at Poor Richard's Playground on March 29.
The mayor says the city has already added about 600 officers underground, but the MTA says it needs about 1,500 more.
Police said the 41-year-old victim got into an argument with another man, who slashed him across the face and chest.
Police said the suspect came up from behind, put a knife to his neck and stole $2,000.
Police later came in contact with a second gunshot victim -- a 24-year-old woman who walked into Lincoln Hospital.
MTA conductor Gerard Sykes' face is bandaged and he's in the ICU. Transit leaders say the off-duty worker could have been blinded after being slashed multiple times on the J train.
Police say he first struck on April 30, and then again Tuesday.
Investigators said the situation began around midnight when a Toyota Camry was stolen by force at West 31st Street and Broadway.
Police said the suspect walked up to the 50-year-old victim and stabbed him in the arm with a fork.
Police said the suspect walked up to the 50-year-old victim, said, "Get off my train, you don't belong here," and slapped her in the back of the head.
Police said a 23-year-old woman was leaving the station when a man approached her from behind, punched her in the side of the head and stole her backpack.
Police said the husband and wife noticed the suspect acting "belligerent" on a northbound 4 train at the Bowling Green station in Lower Manhattan.
Surveillance video shows at least four people ducking for cover.
Police say the suspect grabbed the 85-year-old victim by the neck, causing him to fall to the ground.
The trial was originally set to start on July 12 in New York City, but Maxwell's attorneys requested a delay.
Police said the suspect followed a 21-year-old woman into the salon, then pushed her up against a wall and groped her over her clothing.
The owner reached into the vehicle to try to stop the driver, but she allegedly fled the scene.
Police said he forced open an emergency door at the school and stole two laptops and two pairs of headphones the first time.
