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Rider Critical After Queens No. 7 Stabbing as Police Arrest Suspect in Separate L-Train Attack

NYPD data show a slight year-to-date decline in transit crime despite the attention on these cases.

Overview

  • Police say a 25-year-old was stabbed multiple times around 11:34 p.m. Sept. 21 on a No. 7 train near the 111th Street station in Corona and was hospitalized in critical condition.
  • Investigators released a surveillance photo and are seeking tips for a suspect described as in his early 20s and last seen after exiting at Flushing–Main Street.
  • The victim has been identified in some reports as restaurant worker Roberto Gaspar, with a friend saying he is on a ventilator in intensive care.
  • In a separate incident Tuesday evening, an off-duty 24-year-old NYPD officer was punched and pushed onto the L line tracks at the Third Avenue station and was treated in stable condition.
  • Police arrested Aaron Walker, 28, at 14th Street–Union Square and charged him with attempted murder and related offenses; officials noted a lengthy prior arrest history and a last known Harlem shelter address.