Police have taken a person of interest into custody with a history of prior arrests.
Summary
- An Asian woman was pushed to her death at a subway station in Times Square on Saturday morning in what city officials are calling an “unprovoked” attack.
- At an afternoon press conference held a host of city officials, police said there appeared to be no connection between the victim and her attacker.
- #BREAKING: @NYPDTransit says a woman was killed after being shoved onto the subway tracks and into the path of a southbound R train at Times Square this morning.
- “It’s 2022 and Asians in New York City and around America still suffer from relentless and hate-fueled attacks on a regular basis," Liu said in a statement.
- New York City experienced a significant increase in anti-Asian hate crimes last year.