Two people were dismembered — including a man who fought with a teenage stranger over a seat — and an intruder was captured with a loaded gun Tuesday during a wave of subway chaos, police said.
A 52-year-old man got into an argument with 19-year-old Chrisena Chambers over a seat aboard the northbound No. 6 train at Lexington Avenue and East 51st Street around 3:20 p.m. when the teen flew into a rage, authorities said. said.
Chambers allegedly cut the man on the left side of his face, near his ear, police and sources said.
While the injured man was treated at the scene, Chambers remained on the train and reached the East 125th Street station in Harlem, where she was arrested, police said.
Chambers was charged with assault, criminal possession of a weapon and intimidation, authorities said.
Several hours later, just after 11 p.m., a man punched a woman in the face at the 125th Street station at St. Nicholas Avenue, authorities said.
That victim was taken to Mount Sinai Morningside, where she was listed in stable condition. Her age was not known, but police described her as an adult.
Her attacker, last seen wearing a black hoodie with a multicolored flower, ran away and had not been caught as of Wednesday, police said.
The motive for the assault and whether the two knew each other was not known, police said.
In addition, a man was arrested late Tuesday afternoon at a subway station in the Bronx with a loaded, defaced Palmetto State Armory TA-15 rifle, police said.
Abraham Sosa, 20, is believed to have sneaked behind a “No Trespassing” sign toward a tunnel at the Kingsbridge Road B and D train station around 4:30 p.m. when eagle-eyed officers stopped him, police and sources said. .
Sosa then allegedly panicked and fought with the officers – two of whom suffered minor injuries, police said.
During the struggle, the gun fell from Sosa’s backpack, police said.
Meanwhile, a 21-year-old man joined the fray and kicked one of the police’s body-worn cameras onto the subway tracks, police said.
That man, identified as Christopher Mayren, also took one of the officers’ cellphones, police said.
Sosa was hit with multiple gun possession charges — 25 of which were related to gun possession — resisting arrest, obstructing governmental administration, criminal trespass, assault on a police officer and second-degree assault, police said.
Mayren was charged with obstructing governmental administration, criminal mischief, criminal possession of stolen property, petit larceny, aggravated intimidation and intimidation, police said.
Overall, crimes on the city’s public transit system are down so far this year, with 1,807 violations reported compared to 1,928 at this point in 2023, according to the latest NYPD data updated Sunday.
However, murders rose to nine out of five reported in 2023, and six rapes were reported, up from four last year, the data showed.
The number of shootings on the tracks has increased, with 11 people injured in six incidents, compared to five injured in four shootings last year.
The number of gun arrests has risen sharply, with 65 such arrests compared to 39 at this point in 2023, according to statistics.
