Man pushed to death in NYC subway station
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- A man dies after being pushed onto the subway tracks at a Bronx station, police say
- There is a search for the male suspect, but police have few details
Police have little to go
on. Lt. John Grimpel says a male suspect was wearing a dark jacket. The
act is "believed to be random," he said.
Bronx resident Wai Kuen Kwok, 61, was killed by the incoming subway train, police said.
Kwok's wife was with him and was taken to the hospital for trauma, police said, though she was not physically injured.
Kwok was standing on the
platform at the subway station at 167th Street and Grand Concourse, when
he was apparently pushed. First responders arrived at about 8:45 a.m.,
and Kwok was pronounced dead at the scene.
The suspect then fled the station but has not been identified or located, police said.
The incident is being investigated as a homicide, but a motive was lacking at the outset.
Police would not
speculate whether there was an altercation between Kwok and the suspect
or whether there are any indications of a hate crime.
Sunday evening, police
released surveillance video of a person wanted for questioning in
connection with the homicide but did not call the person a suspect.