A Metropolitan Transit Company employee was punched within the face after stepping in to interrupt up a subway argument Thursday — simply steps from the place a sword-wielding wacko murdered an harmless man the week earlier than, cops mentioned.
MTA monitor employee Michael Grosso, 59, was on responsibility just a little after midnight, engaged on the southbound A/C line within the Jay Avenue station, when he noticed a person arguing with a passenger on the platform and determined to step in, police sources advised The Submit.
Nevertheless, Grosso shortly turned the following goal.
The suspect — who police described as a black male in his 40s wearing all black — turned on Grosso, balling up his fist and punching Grosso within the left facet of the face, police mentioned.
The suspect then bolted topside escaping into the evening.
Regardless of the surprising assault, the MTA employee refused medical consideration on the scene.
The situation of the Jay Avenue subway is the place a beloved Brooklyn safety guard was senselessly murdered in a close-by hall days earlier.
Nicola Tanzi, 64, was brutally overwhelmed and stomped to loss of life after he held the subway safety gate open for David Mazariegos, 25.
Mazariegos was arrested just a few hours later in Instances Sq. toting a samurai sword — a weird element that has shocked New Yorkers.
The maniac advised police he didn’t like the way in which Tanzi checked out him.
The Submit reached out to a spokesperson on the Transit Staff Union about Thursday’s assault however didn’t instantly obtain a response.
