An "emotionally disturbed person" shoved an elderly woman off a New York City subway platform and onto the tracks below Saturday morning, the New York Post reported, citing police sources.

WABC-TV reported that the attack was random.

'Now that I’m getting older, I am more concerned about safety on the subway, and I try to stay away from the edge.'

The 70-year-old unidentified victim was on the northbound side of the 57th Street and 7th Avenue station just before 11:30 a.m. when the suspect approached her from behind and shoved her down to the tracks, police told the Post.

Witnesses jumped down to the tracks and pulled the woman back upon the platform, the paper said.

The victim was taken to Cornell Hospital in stable condition; she was being treated for a head wound, police added to the Post.

The suspect's name wasn't immediately released, but police sources told the paper said he's a known "emotionally disturbed person." The suspect was arrested, the Post said, adding that charges were pending against him.

Two women who work at a midtown Manhattan hotel told the paper they pray for their own safety on their daily train ride to and from Astoria.

"I leave my life in the hands of God. Nothing else," Maria Giannoutsos, 61, told the Post, adding that "you never know what can happen in one second."

Iljana Gilezan, 60, added to the paper that the attack left her "scared."

"You also have a lot of homeless on the train," she noted to the Post. "But we have to go to work, so we have to take the train, and I'm always looking straight to God to protect me."

Gilezan also praised the "courage" of the good Samaritans who pulled the elderly victim from the tracks, the paper said.

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Paul Corley — a 67-year-old psychiatrist — told the Post he's concerned about senseless violence growing more frequent.

"Now that I'm getting older, I am more concerned about safety on the subway, and I try to stay away from the edge," he noted to the paper, adding that he was happy to see more metal barriers along the tracks.

"This is a scary story, but also an inspiring story," Corely also told the Post. "To get pushed and be saved by a fellow New Yorker is very inspiring."

Blaze News has reported extensively about similar attacks in New York City's subway system:

An elderly man died in May after the suspect in his killing — who was in police custody just hours earlier — shoved him down subway entrance steps in New York City.
A suspect who's been deported four times faced upgraded charges in March after an elderly man he's accused of shoving onto New York City subway tracks died.
A great-grandfather was shoved onto New York City subway tracks and suffered a fractured spine in September while the arrested suspect claimed the victim "called me a woman."
An award-winning artist was "instantly paralyzed" after being pushed into a moving train in a New York City subway attack in May 2023.
An attacker allegedly pushed a man onto subway train tracks and ran off in October 2022, but witnesses rescued the victim just before a train arrived at the Bronx stop.

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Violent punks caught on video ganging up on, brutally beating elderly man by Baltimore 7-Eleven — while wielding rifle, sword

Baltimore Police posted video Wednesday showing six "younger males" ganging up on and brutally beating a 74-year-old man outside a 7-Eleven; the attackers also were wielding a rifle and a sword, police said.

Police said the "attempted armed robbery" occurred in the 2500 block of Liberty Heights Avenue around 3:46 a.m. July 7.

'Wish he was armed and eliminated some/all [of] the threat.'

The video police posted shows the victim seemingly headed to the door of the convenience store when two of the offenders — one of them pointing what police called a "gray assault-style rifle" at the elderly man — run up to him. The rest of the suspects follow seconds later and begin surrounding the victim.

Soon the group begins taking turns shoving and throwing objects at the elderly man, who does his best to fight them off and shield himself.

But one cowardly culprit sneaks behind the victim and shoves him to the parking lot surface, after which the others take turns stomping him. One of the attackers appears to bash the victim over the head with the rifle.

In another portion of the video, the elderly man goes after a suspect appearing to hold the rifle, but a second suspect throws an object at the victim from behind, then scampers away.

Soon a suspect appearing to hold a sword approaches the victim and waves it at him before he and another attacker throw objects at the elderly man at the same time.

In one of the more gut-wrenching portions of the video, the victim is holding what appears to be a pair of milk crates to defend himself when one of the attackers shoves him to the parking lot surface, after which he's stomped and punched.

Seconds later, after the victim rises to his feet, the same attacker who just shoved him from behind repeats his cowardly act, knocking the elderly man to the ground from behind again — and then skips away in what appears to be a kind of celebration.

The victim tries to get up, but the same attacker who knocked him down twice jumps in the air and kicks him. The video doesn't show how the incident was resolved.

According to WJZ-TV, a store employee said the 7-Eleven was closed at the time of the attack, and police said the victim was treated for minor injuries afterward.

Police said robbery detectives need the help of the public to identify the culprits seen in the video, and those with information are urged to call Citywide Robbery detectives at 410-366-6311 or Metro Crime Stoppers at 1-866-7Lockup.

A number of commenters who reacted under the police department's X post about the incident were far from happy:

"Stop pretending anything will happen if they're found," one said. "Please."
"ATTEMPTED armed robbery?!? How about ASSAULT WITH A DEADLY WEAPON?!? Fk you Baltimore. No wonder you're a third world s**t hole," another commenter wrote. "How ANY law abiding citizen could live there is beyond me."
"Hope we catch them, we all got somebody heading home or out this time of day," another commenter stated. "Wish he was armed and eliminated some/all [of] the threat."

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Video: 2 female police officers assaulted, injured in July 4 mob attack; guns, spear recovered

Two female police officers were assaulted and injured in a July 4 mob attack in South Carolina that was caught on video. Authorities also recovered guns as well as a spear.

The North Charleston Police Department said the city had permitted a neighborhood block party. Police said its leadership met with block party organizers to discuss the event, including traffic and parking plans to ensure emergency vehicles could safely access the area if needed.

'We can’t attack and jump on a police officer who was just trying to do her job and beat her like that, like a mob. That just can’t happen.'

But police said around 8:30 p.m., officers began receiving reports of gunfire and individuals shooting fireworks toward passing vehicles.

Officers responded immediately, and attendees told them that several people had begun discharging firearms, police said, adding that officers made repeated public announcements advising that the event had ended and directing attendees to leave the area safely, in an attempt to de-escalate the situation.

Police said that despite those efforts, multiple fights broke out and additional gunshots were fired.

Officers exited their patrol vehicles to intervene, separate individuals involved in fights, and restore order and protect the public, police said, adding that during the response, multiple firearms and a makeshift spear were recovered.

Police said "multiple officers were physically assaulted, with two female officers sustaining minor injuries," and "several attendees were arrested as a result of their own actions."

The following is cellphone video of the physical attacks:

Police said other law enforcement agencies — including the Charleston County Sheriff's Office, the Charleston Police Department, the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office, and the South Carolina Highway Patrol — responded to assist the North Charleston Police Department.

"Attacks on law enforcement are unacceptable, and those responsible will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," police said. "The safety of our residents and visitors remains our highest priority."

Police also said "we especially thank those from the community who helped officers during the attacks."

WCSC-TV reported that the attacks occurred near Chicora Community Park on Calvert Street — and that police said the event had been held in the same location for about 10 years without incident.

About 400 people were present at the scene, police told WCSC.

North Charleston Police Chief Ron Camacho told the station that the two female officers who were injured "are fine. They’re working."

Three juveniles and one adult were arrested, Camacho added to WCSC, saying that "at least one or two of those arrests were for assaulting an officer."

Camacho also told the station that additional arrests are expected as investigators review body-camera video: “What you got on that social media, you’re looking at one little snippet, at one little video. We were out there for an extended period of time.”

Community advocate Elvin Speights told WCSC he was shaken after watching the video circulate online: “A lot of emotions. Ashamed. Disgraced. I’m very pleased that no one was seriously hurt. That could have gone really bad.”

Speights added to the station that "we just can’t do that. We can’t attack and jump on a police officer who was just trying to do her job and beat her like that, like a mob. That just can’t happen.”

Speights also told WCSC the police response was admirable: “I just wanted to give a huge shout-out to that officer who showed humongous restraint on not going out here and pulling her gun and start shooting. The North Charleston Police Department as a whole — no one was seriously hurt. They showed a lot of restraint.”

Camacho told the station that police had prior intelligence that juveniles were planning to engage in fights using fireworks in the area that night — but were not prepared for the scale of what took place at the block party.

“We were not ready for this,” Camacho noted to WCSC.

Female attackers yelled 'free Karmelo' according to alleged assault victim; 3 suspects arrested

The alleged victim of a recent physical attack outside a Texas bar said her assailants yelled "free Karmelo" — and now three females face assault charges, the Dallas Express reported.

The alleged "free Karmelo" exclamation presumably was in reference to Karmelo Anthony, a black male who earlier this month was sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering Austin Metcalf, a white male, at a high school track meet in April 2025.

'Any credible threat, any attempt to organize violence, and any effort to intimidate members of the community will be taken seriously and investigated appropriately.'

Ciarrianne Fuller, 21, and Alana Mumphrey, 25 — both of Longview — and Dejae Shalyn Brown, 26, of Pittsburg, were listed in Gregg County Jail records on warrants for assault causing bodily injury, the Express said.

Fuller was arrested Tuesday, the Longview News-Journal reported, adding that Brown and Mumphrey surrendered to law enforcement and were booked into jail Thursday afternoon; all three were released on $20,000 bonds.

The Express said a woman publicly identified on social media as Sammie Lee alleged that several females attacked her after leaving Whiskey J's in Longview during the overnight hours of June 20 into June 21.

According to the Express, Lee alleged in her public post that the females shouted "free Karmelo" and said they planned to target "the smallest white girl they could find."

Lee said she had not interacted with the three females prior to the assault, the News-Journal reported, adding that Lee posted photos on social media showing her injuries.

The Express said it asked the Longview Police Department for additional comment and clarification regarding if investigators have confirmed Lee's allegation that the suspects yelled "free Karmelo" — or if they've uncovered any motive for the alleged assault — but the paper said it didn't immediately receive a response from police.

Longview Police Department spokesperson LaDarian Brown did say police are in communication with the FBI about the case because of online conversations "concerning retaliation, division, and attacks between members of our community," the News-Journal reported.

"Any credible threat, any attempt to organize violence, and any effort to intimidate members of the community will be taken seriously and investigated appropriately,” Brown added, according to the News-Journal.

Racial tensions have surrounded the Karmelo Anthony case since its beginnings more than a year ago:

Shortly after Metcalf's stabbing death, Anthony supporters went viral on social media, with one declaring that "A ustin Metcalf got exactly what he deserved — point blank, period."
A high-profile Anthony spokesman reacted to Anthony's indictment last year by calling for a fight against "white supremacy" and blasting "bigots" and "racists."
At the start of Anthony's murder trial early this month, the prosecution dismissed all prospective black jurors — and one of the prospective black jurors acknowledged he'd have a "hard time putting a brother in jail."
After Anthony's murder conviction, Democrat U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Texas threw shade at the Metcalf family, saying that "black women, especially black women who have black male children, live in fear and agony every single day — a fear and agony that, I promise you, the Metcalfs probably never spend a day living that way."
In addition, a white-hating agitator claiming Anthony was "legally lynched" is a criminal, disgraced ex-judge.

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Plucky elderly man who uses a walker fights back in brutal fashion when much younger male unleashes attack on him with wrench

An elderly man who uses a walker — but still has plenty of grit left in him — fought back in brutal fashion when a much younger male unleashed an attack on him with a wrench Thursday in Fresno, California.

The incident occurred on San Ramon Avenue near 4th Street just before 9 a.m., KFSN-TV reported.

'Self defense. I have a small custom-made machete. One can protect oneself by any means — fist, [knife], gun.'

Police told the station a 45-year-old male with a wrench approached a 65-year-old man using a walker.

Authorities told KFSN the younger male hit the older man with the wrench multiple times before the victim eventually used his walker as self-defense.

Fresno Police Sgt. Diana Trueba Vega told the Fresno Bee that the victim said the male with the wrench was acting erratically — possibly while under the influence — prior to allegedly striking him in the hands with the tool.

The older man then pulled a knife out of his walker and stabbed the suspect in the arm and chest, the station said.

Authorities told KFSN the suspect ran off before being taken into custody; he's being treated at Community Regional Medical Center. Police told the Bee the suspect was listed in stable condition.

Once medically cleared, the suspect will be booked into the Fresno County Jail, the station said. Police told the Bee he'll be booked on an assault charge and an outstanding warrant.

Police told KFSN the elderly man acted out of self-defense.

Image source: Fresno (Calif.) Police Department

Those reacting to the station's Facebook post about the incident seemed pleased the elderly victim came out on top:

"I’ll buy the man a new knife," one commenter wrote. "Good job, sir."
"That sounds awesome," another user said. "Glad he had that knife on deck."
"Self defense," another commenter noted. "I have a small custom-made machete. One can protect oneself by any means — fist, [knife], gun."

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Sisters accused in stabbing of Detroit restaurant worker — over wrong food order

Two sisters are accused in connection with the stabbing of a Detroit restaurant worker over a wrong food order — and one of the sisters reportedly was nine months pregnant at time of the incident.

Brianna and Kierianna Long were charged with assault with intent to murder, assault with intent to do great bodily harm less than murder, and assault with a dangerous weapon after the incident on the city's east side, WDIV-TV reported.

'I'm going to kill you.'

Police told WDIV the stabbing occurred in the 17100 block of East Warren Avenue just after 6 p.m. May 30. WDIV did not name the restaurant; Metro Detroit News said it was a chicken restaurant.

Brianna Long is 29, and Kierianna Long is 26, Metro Detroit News said, citing court records, adding that the restaurant worker is 23.

Prosecutors allege that after the sisters received a wrong food order from the worker, they argued with the worker, went behind the counter, and began assaulting the worker, WDIV said.

Brianna Long and Kierianna Long allegedly chased the worker and threw items at the worker inside the restaurant, the station said. Metro Detroit News said the items included pots and pans.

WDIV said the worker threw things back at the sisters, and prosecutors indicated the sisters picked up a knife thrown at them and used the knife to stab the worker in the stomach.

98-year-old man brutally beaten in his Brooklyn apartment building amid argument; police on hunt for female culprit

A 98-year-old was brutally beaten inside his Brooklyn apartment building amid an argument earlier this week — and police said they're searching for the female culprit.

Investigators said the female responsible for the attack punched, kicked, and struck the elderly victim with a broomstick and metal chair inside his apartment building in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, News 12 Brooklyn reported.

The beating is yet another in a stretch of attacks involving older Brooklyn residents.

The attack took place around 4 p.m. Thursday, the station said.

Investigators released video showing the woman appearing to drop off flyers at a building, News 12 Brooklyn reported, adding that investigators said the woman on the video is the person they're trying to identify.

Investigators told the station that the 98-year-old man had just entered the apartment building when he got into an argument with the female.

Then the verbal spat reportedly became violent, the station added.

Investigators told News 12 Brooklyn that the woman repeatedly punched and kicked the elderly man — and then she began hitting him with a broomstick and a metal chair.

She then ran from the building and headed east on Maple Street, the station said.

Despite the brutal beatdown, the victim suffered only minor injuries and was treated at the scene, News 12 Brooklyn reported.

New York City police are looking for the suspect, CBS News added.

The beating is yet another in a stretch of attacks involving older Brooklyn residents, News 12 Brooklyn said, adding that a 72-year-old man was punched multiple times in the face in Brownsville last week — and just days later, an 83-year-old woman was slashed in the head while walking to church.

No arrests have been announced in this latest case, News 12 Brooklyn said, adding that those who recognize the woman seen in the video are asked to contact Crime Stoppers.

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Knife-wielding ex-con gets tables turned on him lethally — courtesy of victim he robbed, fought, bit, and stabbed: Report

A knife-wielding ex-con got a deadly taste of his own medicine late last week courtesy of the victim he robbed, fought, bit, and stabbed in Brooklyn, the New York Daily News reported.

Dan Costume, 34 — who was released from prison in 2024 — entered a stranger's apartment in Flatbush through an unlocked door late Friday night, law enforcement sources and the victim told the paper.

'He was acting in self-defense.'

The 45-year-old tenant spoke to the Daily News in Spanish, telling the paper that he had just come home from playing soccer. But the tenant's wife had departed their apartment on Avenue D near East 31st Street to run an errand — and left the door unlocked, the Daily News said.

When the tenant emerged from the bathroom, he caught Costume stealing two cell phones, a laptop, and other belongings, the tenant told the paper.

“He was in shock that there was a random person in his house,” a relative of the tenant told the Daily News in English as she listened to the tenant's account in Spanish.

The tenant wrapped his arms around the intruder from behind to try to get him to drop the stolen goods, the relative told the paper.

“They started battling between each other,” the relative added to the Daily News.

Costume bit the tenant’s hands and cheek, then pulled out a knife from his pocket and stabbed the tenant in the back of the neck, the tenant told the paper.

Then the victim reportedly turned the tables on the robber.

Sources told the Daily News that the tenant was able to disarm Costume and use the robber's own knife to stab Costume in his thigh and lower back.

The tenant then shoved Costume out of the apartment and into the hallway, the paper said, adding that the burglar fled down a stairwell and out of the building, dripping blood as he dropped the stolen property.

Costume collapsed outside the building, the Daily News said, and medics rushed him to Kings County Hospital where he died.

The tenant was treated at the same hospital and released, the paper added.

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A bruise and teeth marks were still visible on the tenant’s cheek days later, the Daily News reported, adding that the victim needed medical staples to close two gashes in his neck and on the back of his head.

“He was acting in self-defense,” the tenant's relative told the paper. “Everything happened so fast.”

The Daily News, citing sources, said prosecutors decided not to charge the tenant after reviewing the case because he acted in self-defense.

Costume’s father and sister told the paper they haven’t seen much of him since he left home at age 18, noting that he was in and out of the criminal justice system.

Costume's family members added to the Daily News that police had come looking for him several times before they knocked on their door Saturday to notify them of his death.

Costume was conditionally released from prison on parole in October 2024 after serving a one-and-a-half to three-year sentence for a Brooklyn attempted burglary conviction, the paper said, citing public records.

The tenant who killed Costume viewed surveillance video showing Costume getting into the apartment building through a back door near where garbage is kept, the Daily News reported.

The tenant also is in "a lot of pain," a relative told the paper, as he recovers from the wounds he suffered during the fight with Costume.

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Naked man emerges from river, attacks homeowner who approached him to see if he needed help — but homeowner is armed

A naked man emerged from the Biloxi River in Mississippi last weekend and physically attacked a homeowner who approached the man to see if he needed help, police told WLOX-TV.

But the homeowner shot the man several times after the attack, the station said.

'How awful for everyone involved.'

The incident began around 8 p.m. Saturday when the Biloxi Police Department got a report of a naked man coming out of the Biloxi River and walking up to homes on Woolmarket Lake Road, WLOX said.

Officials said one of the homeowners — who wasn’t in his residence at the time — saw the man on his doorbell camera and called his next-door neighbor, the station said.

The neighbor walked to the home to see if the man needed help, but the man attacked the neighbor, police told WLOX.

With that, the neighbor shot the man multiple times, the station said.

The man got the gun away from the neighbor and re-entered the river, officials told WLOX.

A search and rescue team was called, and the man was found dead in the river around 2 a.m. Sunday, the station said.

Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer identified the man as 31-year-old Peter Virden III of Gulfport, WLOX reported.

Switzer said Virden was found dead in the river with multiple gunshot wounds, the station added.

The neighbor suffered facial cuts and bruises from the attack but was not severely injured, police told WLOX.

The station said officials reviewed video from the home’s security system, which recorded the whole incident.

A number of commenters let their thoughts be known under WLOX's Facebook post about the incident. The following are a few of them:

"How awful for everyone involved," one commenter wrote.
"I feel for the neighborhood. How traumatic for him," another user said. "Just going about your day one minute then having to [shoot] someone to defend yourself."
"So sad," another commenter shared. "Prayers for everyone involved in this. Heartbreaking."
"Prayers to the brave neighbor [who] not only checked on his neighbor’s property when called but also had to defend himself," another user said. "He was totally justified. Please try to tell me if a naked man comes to my porch (AND ATTACKS me) that I’m not justified."

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Teen thugs on e-bikes allegedly gang up on man, kick and stomp him, hit him in face with glass bottle — but just 1 arrested

A large group of teenagers on e-bikes allegedly ganged up on a man who was riding a scooter with his wife on the boardwalk in Huntington Beach, California, over the weekend — and kicked and stomped him and hit him in the face with a glass bottle, KTLA-TV reported.

The Huntington Beach Police Department confirmed to KTLA that a report was taken in connection with the incident, which occurred around 8 p.m. Saturday in the area of 103 Pacific Coast Highway.

'Come here on Friday night, on Saturday night. ... It's chaos; it's terror.'

Sam El-Said — a business owner — told the station he and his wife were riding home when he noticed a few hundred teens, many of them with e-bikes, gathered on the beach, the boardwalk, and a nearby grassy area.

El-Said told KTLA he slowed down to navigate through the crowd, when someone threw a glass bottle that hit him in the face; he added to the station that bottle either shattered on impact or was already broken, and it left him with minor injuries.

After he stopped and got off his scooter to see what happened, El-Said told KTLA someone knocked him to the ground from behind, after which as many as six teens kicked and stomped him while he was down.

Cellphone video caught the final moments of the alleged attack, and it shows one teen dressed in a dark Playboy hoodie being pulled away from the victim, who was on his hands and knees in the sand.

Some teens are heard hooting and laughing on video during the aftermath of the attack.

KTLA said that when El-Said rose to his feet, blood was running down his face, red marks were visible near his left temple and cheekbone, and blood also was on the fingers of his left hand.

Police told the station that El-Said was able to detain one of the teens involved, and that teen was arrested and cited for misdemeanor battery.

Authorities told KTLA that the victim declined medical treatment at the scene.

El-Said, who also suffered a black eye, noted to the station that he and his wife moved to Huntington Beach three years ago for a better quality of life — and the incident demonstrates to him that law enforcement needs to take a stronger stance against such crime.

"Come here on Friday night, on Saturday night, to this very spot and see what this looks like," he told KTLA. "It's chaos; it's terror. If nothing happens and things don't change, we're going to keep seeing incidents like what happened to me, but far worse."

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