Strafanger is shot dead in a New York City train collision hours after Hochul and Adams advertise subway crime reduction

An altercation on a Manhattan subway train took a violent turn when one of the hangers pulled out a gun and shot the other passenger twice, according to the NYPD.

The shooting comes just hours after Mayor Adams and Gov. Hochul took a lap of honor Friday by touting that the city’s subway system’s crime rate has dropped over the past three months.

Police said the 34-year-old victim was on the Brooklyn N train approaching the Canal Street station around 1:00 a.m. when he started arguing with a man and woman.

When the argument broke out, the man pulled out a pistol and fired twice, wounding the victim in the arm and chest.

The couple escaped from the train on Canal Street, police said. No arrests were made. An ambulance took the victim to Bellevue Hospital, where he is expected to survive.

It was not immediately clear what sparked the controversy, police said.

FILE - NYPD officers from the Transit Bureau's counter-terrorism unit are gesturing towards a train heading for Canal St.  Q and N on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 in New York.

Speaking Friday at the Fulton Transit Center in the Financial District, Hochul and Adams said placing additional subway employees has helped reduce burglaries by 28% and overall subway crime by 16% since October.

In 2023, there are 1.7 serious crimes for every 1 million people hanging from a belt, the lowest rate since the pandemic hit the city, Hochul said.

“This is an amazing twist. The data shows us that New Yorkers feel safer,” the governor said. “We had to answer the question: “Will I be safe?” We answered that with a resounding yes.

The NYPD has sent more cops underground after a massive surge in subway crime caused hangers to crackle.

Ten people had been killed on the subway by the end of last year, NYPD officials said, two more than a year earlier. Police also recorded a 14% increase in robberies and 19% in assaults last year compared to 2021.

NYPD Transportation Chief Michael Kemper said the decline in crime has been “rapid and significant” thanks to increased police presence, new inpatient units at two psychiatric centers to treat the homeless, and the installation of cameras in every subway car.

“The turnaround began immediately and continues today,” he said.

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