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Arrest Made in Random Subway Stabbing at 72nd Street

August 12, 2020 | 12:08 AM - Updated on June 5, 2022 | 11:32 PM
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Surveillance image released by police.

Police arrested a 40-year-old man for stabbing a woman who was buying a MetroCard at the subway station at 72nd Street and Broadway last Thursday.

“Shamel James, 40, was busted around 1 p.m. and charged with assault, assault with a weapon, menacing and criminal possession of a weapon, cops said,” the Post reported.

Transit officers made the arrest, according to the NYPD.

UPDATE: This suspect was apprehended today by eagle-eyed officers from @NYPDTransit District 1 who spotted this suspect while on patrol in Manhattan. https://t.co/HWGk2ahawU

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) August 11, 2020

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