A man was fatally shoved in an unprovoked attack at an East Harlem subway station during the Monday night rush hour, according to police.
Responding officers found the victim unconscious and unresponsive around 7 p.m. after he was pushed onto the tracks and struck by a northbound 4 train, cops said. EMS pronounced the man, described as being in his 40s, dead at the scene.
A 45-year-old suspect was taken into custody and charges were pending as of Monday night. The victim’s name was withheld pending family notification.
The attack came as authorities have been struggling to crack down on subway crime.
Eight hundred more police officers are being sent into the subway system to crack down on fare evasion, NYPD brass said earlier Monday — an effort they hope will reduce overall levels of crime in the system.
The 800 uniformed and plainclothes cops conducting fare enforcement operations will join the 1,000 cops added to the system in February following an uptick in pickpocketing and other grand larcenies at the start of the year.
