Police told reporters that the man accused of pushing the Asian woman in front of the subway train has a criminal history dating back to 1998.
The fatal attack occurred at the Times Square subway station on Saturday.
Simon Martial allegedly shoved a woman onto the tracks while she was waiting for a train.
Martial, who was reported to be homeless, fled the scene but turned himself in less than an hour later.
Martial was charged with murder. The New York Post reported that he said the victim stole his jacket.
Martial claimed to be a god. He said that he is God. I did. I can do it.
The incident appears to be unprovoked, according to the New York City Police Department Commissioner. She told reporters that the victim didn't have any interaction with the subject.
A second woman said Martial approached her before Go. The woman was able to keep her distance.
He gets in her space when he approaches her. New York Police Department assistant chief said that she gets very, very alarmed.
Wilcox said that she felt that he was about to push her onto the train when she tried to move away from him. She witnessed the crime where he pushed our other victim in front of the train.
Wilcox said Martial has a criminal history. He was arrested for trying to rob taxi drivers twice.
Martial has been arrested 10 times. The Asian American community is still scared despite the fact that the latest attack is not being ruled a hate crime.
Margaret Fung, executive director of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said that the death of an Asian American woman in the Times Square subway station is particularly horrifying for the community. The attacks have left Asian Americans feeling vulnerable and they must stop.
Phil Wong, a businessman and political activist from Queens, blamed the community's fear in part to District Attorney Alvin Bragg's "lenient sentencing guidelines." The lawyer of a man accused of attacking and robbing a Korean American good Samaritan in Midtown demanded his client's release on Wednesday because of the policies cited.
Wong told the New York Post that people are afraid because they know that violent criminals will go free and Asians will be the victims.
The importance of addressing mental health in the city was stressed by Mayor Eric Adams. The Safe Options Support initiative was announced by Adams and Hochul earlier this month.
Adams said that they want to highlight how important it is for people to receive the right mental health services. To lose a New Yorker in this fashion will only make people fear using the subway system.
The train operator who witnessed the recent incident was taken to a hospital.
The MTA's acting chair Janno Lieber said that the MTA's hearts go out to the victim, but also to the train operator who had a traumatic experience when someone was pushed in front of his train.
Canella Gomez, vice president of the Transport Workers Union Local 100, said that the incident was the part of the job that no one is ever truly physically, mentally or emotionally prepared for.
Gomez said that no train operator comes to work expecting to have a passenger thrown in front of their train.
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