An unhinged attacker bludgeoned an MTA employee with a hammer-like software inside an remoted workplace at a Manhattan station early Tuesday, authorities stated.
Assistant Prepare Dispatcher Mohammad Quader, 51, was contained in the room on the L prepare station at West 14th Avenue and Eighth Avenue round 2 a.m. when the 29-year-old suspect, later recognized as Alexe St Fleur, wandered in, cops stated.
Quader confronted the intruder — who grabbed a software out of a bag within the room, cops stated. He struck the employee “just a few instances,” inflicting cuts to his head, authorities stated.
Police stated the software seemed to be “some form of hammer,” however sources described it as a metallic pry software.
St Fleur, of Brooklyn, additionally snatched Quader’s backpack, police stated.
“He was in his workplace and the perpetrator went into his workplace and viciously attacked him,” stated Mike Carube, president of the dispatcher’s union the Subway-Floor Supervisors Affiliation.
“They’ve now put in a padlock on the door, which has been lengthy overdue. Anyone may just about stroll in there [before].”
The perp ran out of the room and hid underneath a prepare that was being held within the station, on the finish of the road, cops stated. Energy had already been lower from the prepare, police stated.
The NYPD Emergency Service Unit responded and eliminated the suspect from underneath the prepare, authorities stated.
He was taken to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric analysis, cops stated.
Police charged St Fleur with theft, assault, housebreaking, reckless endangerment, prison weapons possession and prison possession of stolen property, NYPD stated in an announcement.
The nine-year MTA veteran might be seen in pictures with cuts subsequent to his eye and above his lip. A big bloodstain might be seen on his shirt.
He was taken to Lenox Well being Greenwich Village, the place he acquired 13 staples and was listed in steady situation, Carube stated.
“We would like the district lawyer to prosecute this man to the fullest extent of the regulation,” the union chief informed The Publish.
MTA Subways Vice President Demetrius Crichlow stated he spoke to the sufferer Tuesday.
“This was a mindless assault on a transit employee whose job is to maneuver trains safely and quickly so riders can get the place they should go, and we’re pushing for the perpetrator to face jail time,” Crichlow stated in an announcement.
Quader’s spouse, Tahmina Hoq, 42, stated her husband is recovering however “very sick” — including she worries day by day for his security.
“I’m very nervous about him. Each morning I name him [and say] ‘the place are you? Are you coming?’ As a result of I’m at all times nervous about him,” Hoq stated. “We don't want stress. We wish to safely work and safely come again house.”
“I've three children, three little children. I’m grateful to God that he’s alive.”
Further reporting by Tina Moore
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