A suspect has been arrested after a random stabbing at New York City’s Grand Central Station on Christmas Eve left two victims injured, police said.
A spokesperson for the New York City Police Department (NYPD) confirmed to Fox News Digital that Jason Sargent, 28, of Brooklyn, was arrested on suspicion of randomly assaulting two people.
On Tuesday, just before 10:15 p.m., police responded to a 911 call about an assault at the 42nd Street Grand Central subway station.
Police said a 26-year-old woman was slashed in the neck and a 42-year-old man was slashed on his left wrist.
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New York City police have arrested a suspect in connection with a stabbing that left two victims injured at Grand Central Station on Christmas Eve. (FOX 5 NYC/Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
Police said the man was the first victim and was attacked on the stairs leading to the south entrance of the station. The sergeant allegedly slashed the man’s left wrist after an argument.
Shortly after, police said the sergeant confronted the female victim near the turnstiles during a second argument and slashed her in the neck.
EMS responded and transported the two victims to a local hospital.
Police said both victims were in stable condition.
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New York City police have arrested the suspect in a stabbing incident that left two people injured on Christmas Eve. (FOX5 New York)
Police also recovered a knife at the scene.
The sergeant was charged with two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, and several counts of second-degree threatening, weapon possession, harassment and disorderly conduct.
The attack occurred just days after a woman was set on fire and burned alive on a New York City subway.
Sebastian Zapeta, 33, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, was charged with first-degree arson as well as first- and second-degree murder.
Hours after the attack, New York Governor Kathy Hochul promoted safety on New York City’s subways in a post on X, but has faced criticism for her “tone-deaf” posts.
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Hochul claimed crime has decreased in New York City’s subways since the National Guard was brought in to alleviate the problem earlier this year, about eight hours after the woman was killed.
Last week, Hochul sent 750 National Guard troops to the metro to curb holiday crime.
“In March, I took action to make the subway safer for the millions of people who ride it every day,” Hochul’s post reads. “Since deploying @NationalGuardNY to support @NYPDnews and @MTA safety efforts and adding cameras to every subway car, crime is down and ridership is up,” she wrote in the post. I wrote it.
Fox News Digital previously reached out to Hochul’s office for comment on the criticism, but there was no immediate response.
President-elect Trump’s next border czar, Tom Homan, slammed Hochul in an interview on “Fox & Friends” on Monday.
“Governor Hochul, I’m sorry. There’s nothing I can say to fix New York State,” Hochul said.
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Homan recently traveled to the Big Apple to discuss illegal immigration crimes with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and placed some of the blame on the Biden administration for the federal government’s lax immigration policies.
“This is another example of illegal aliens murdering American citizens. This incident now happens almost every day because we have historic numbers of criminal aliens walking the streets. “This administration’s sanctuary jurisdictions and lax immigration policies are to blame,” he said.
Fox News Digital’s Taylor Penley contributed to this report.
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