A suspect has been arrested following a random stabbing at the Grand Central subway station in New York City on Christmas Eve According to police, two victims were injured.
A spokesman for the New York City Police Department (NYPD) confirmed to Fox News Digital that 28-year-old Jason Sargeant of Brooklyn was arrested for the attack on two random people.
On Tuesday, just before 10:15 p.m., police responded to a 911 call about a robbery at the 42 Street-Grand Central subway station.
According to police, a 26-year-old woman was slashed in the neck and a 42-year-old man was slashed in the left wrist.
The NYPD arrested a migrant who allegedly set a woman on fire on the subway and watched her burn
The NYPD arrested a suspect in connection with a Christmas Eve stabbing that left two victims injured at the Grand Central subway station. (FOX 5 NYC/Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
According to police, the man was the first victim and was attacked on the stairs to the south entrance of the train station. Sargeant is said to have slashed the man’s left wrist after an argument.
Moments later, police said Sargeant reportedly confronted the female victim during a second altercation and slashed her neck near a turnstile.
EMS responded and transported both victims to local hospitals.
Police said both victims remain in stable condition.
Police in New York City have arrested a suspect in connection with the Christmas Eve stabbing that left two people injured. (FOX 5 NYC)
Police also recovered a knife at the crime scene.
Sargeant was charged two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and several second-degree counts of menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment and disorderly conduct.
This attack came just days after a woman was set on fire and burned alive in a New York subway Train.
Sebastin Zapeta, 33, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was charged with first- and second-degree murder and arson.
Hours after the attack, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul eulogized it in a post
Hochul claimed that crime in New York’s subways has declined since she deployed the National Guard to curb the problem earlier this year, about eight hours after the woman’s murder.
Hochul sent 750 National Guard members to the subway last week to keep holiday crime under control.
“In March, I took action to make our subways safer for the millions of people who ride the trains every day,” Hochul’s post reads. “Since deploying the @NationalGuardNY to support the security efforts of @NYPDnews and @MTA and installing cameras on all subway cars, crime has decreased and ridership has increased,” she wrote in her post.
Previously Fox News Digital turned to Hochul’s office I asked for comment on the review but did not immediately receive a response.
Tom Homan, President-elect Trump’s incoming border czar, criticized Hochul during an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Monday.
“Governor Hochul, shame on you. There’s nothing you can say to make things right in New York,” Homan said.
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Homan, who recently traveled to the Big Apple to discuss illegal migrant crime with New York Mayor Eric Adams, blamed the Biden administration for lax federal immigration policies.
“Here is another example of the killing of an American citizen by an illegal alien. This is now an almost daily occurrence because of historic numbers of criminal aliens walking the streets because of this administration’s sanctuary court policies and lax immigration enforcement,” he said.
Fox News Digital’s Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
Stepheny Price is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
