NYC man charged with attempted murder after allegedly shoving commuter in path of subway

By Christina Shaw, Danielle Wallace

Published January 01, 2025

A man is in critical condition after he was shoved onto New York City subway tracks on New Year's Eve, adding to a recent spate of violent incidents in the nation's busiest subway system.

The victim, a 45-year-old man, miraculously survived being struck by an incoming 1 train at the 18th Street station. He suffered a head injury and was listed in stable condition at Bellue Hospital on Tuesday night, the New York Post reported.

"By God’s own hand, he fell perfectly in the trench," one law enforcement source told the Post.

The NYPD received a 911 call claiming there was an assault in progress at the subway station on Tuesday afternoon.

Kamel Hawkins, 23, has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly shoving a 45-year-old man onto subway tracks while a train approached. (MTA)

Officers responded and found that the 45-year-old man had been struck by a southbound train after reportedly being shoved onto the subway tracks, according to authorities.

The ordeal was captured on video and shows a hooded male on the edge of the platform and a victim looking at his phone as the train pulls into the station.

A 45-year-old man was shoved onto the subway tracks as an incoming 1 train approached the station. (MTA)

subway attacker approaches victim from behind

A hooded suspect is seen approaching the 45-year-old victim from behind before shoving the man onto the subway tracks. (MTA)

The video then shows what appears to be an unsuspecting man being shoved onto the tracks and disappearing under the train.

Police investigate at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station in Brooklyn

NYPD officers responded to an assault in progress and found that a 45-year-old man had been struck by a southbound train after being allegedly shoved onto the subway tracks. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Kamel Hawkins, 23, has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly pushing the stranger, police said.

The 45-year-old victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition.

Tuesday's violence comes less than two weeks after a woman — identified as 57-year-old Debrina Kawam — was set ablaze while asleep on a train in Brooklyn on Dec. 22. She died, and a man has been charged with murder and arson in her death.

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