RAW VIDEO: Man killed in stabbing on J train in Queens

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-New York City police are questioning the 25-year-old man accused of stabbing a fellow train rider to death with a kitchen knife.

Jyrell Thomas was taken to Jamaica Hospital for a psych evaluation on Thursday morning. He is described by police as emotionally disturbed.

He was later arrested on charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon.

Police said Thomas was pacing back and forth inside the train car and appeared agitated before approaching Mesias Lojano, 59, just after 4 p.m. Lojano tried to walk away before Thomas swung at him with a kitchen knife, according to police.

Bismarck Villareyna witnessed the attack and recorded video aboard the train.

"I heard, oh somebody is being attacked, somebody being attacked. So I pulled out my phone, started walking, as you see in the video," Villareyna said.

The violence eventually spilled onto a J train platform, where bystanders chased Thomas.
Thomas has one prior arrest, stemming from a robbery early last month in which he stole $23 of merchandise from a Bronx Target. He was charged with petit larceny, obstruction of governmental administration and criminal possession of stolen property.

This is the sixth homicide in the subway system this year. There were four murders in the system all of last year, and 10 in 2024.

There has been a 7% increase in assaults in the subway this year, with 441 vs 410 at this time last year.

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