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A New York City man allegedly attacked multiple people Saturday, leaving one unconscious and another with a broken arm, before stealing two vehicles.
The man holding the bat was identified as Bryan Thompson, 43.
According to the New York Post, Thompson began his alleged violent spree around 7 p.m. Saturday at the Varick and Canal subway station.
A man was entering the station when Thompson allegedly knocked him unconscious after repeatedly hitting the victim with a bat. The victim suffered injuries to the shoulder, hand and forehead, the newspaper reported.
New York City man Bryan Thompson, 43, allegedly attacked multiple people Saturday, leaving at least one unconscious and another with a broken arm before stealing two vehicles. The alleged violent spree around 7 in the afternoon at the Varick y Canal metro station
Authorities said Thompson hit a woman on the head as he entered the station.
While exiting the station, Thompson allegedly hit an MTA worker with the bat at least three times.
From there, the uproar continued with the suspect hitting a driver with his gun when he allegedly stole the victim’s truck on 7th Avenue.
According to the Post, Thompson crashed the truck twice, once into the back of a car and into the left side of another vehicle. The drivers were not seriously injured.
Thompson is said to have fled the scene on foot and smashed the rear windows of two other cars, injuring a woman who received some of the glass in the eye.
While walking down West Broadway, Thompson allegedly broke a victim’s forearm and another suffered bruising and swelling on her leg.
The incident comes as violent crime continues to plague New York City. In the 28 days leading up to December 27, there were 21 murders, an increase of 61.5 percent compared to the same dates in 2019.
According to the Post, the man hijacked a Jeep after threatening the driver.
It wasn’t until 9 p.m. that police arrested him on the West Side Highway.
He was taken to a local hospital after agents applied him. No charges have been confirmed as of Sunday afternoon.
None of the victims have been identified.
The incident comes as violent crime continues to plague New York City.
Heralded as America’s safest large city in recent years, New York City ended its bloodiest year in nearly a decade, grappling with a surge in homicides and a pandemic that authorities say has helped fuel the violence.
According to statistics released Friday, New York City experienced a 97 percent increase in shootings and a 45 percent increase in murders.
That marks the largest increase since 2011. The number of people shot has more than doubled the 2019 total, approaching a 14-year high.
The NYPD reported 462 citywide murders for 2020. That’s a 143 difference from 2019.
Shootings also increased with 1,531 firearm-related incidents in New York City. That’s 754 more than in 2019, authorities said.
Among the victims: a one-year-old boy sitting in his stroller at a summer barbecue; a 53-year-old teacher walking his dog; and a 43-year-old mother looking out the window of her son’s third-floor room. All three died from stray bullets.
The rise in violence began just as the pandemic began disrupting lives and closing businesses, and reached a crescendo over the summer, as the city recorded an average of 57 murders per month in July, August and September.
By comparison, each of those months averaged 33 homicides in 2019.
The police department has been dealing with a wave of retirements that Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said ‘couldn’t go any higher’ – fewer recruits due to budget cuts and a mid-year turmoil in the way it eradicates violence. navy.
In June, the NYPD disbanded their plainclothes crime units, which focused primarily on the seizure of illegal weapons, amid criticism for their aggressive tactics and involvement in a disproportionate number of shootings and police complaints.
The change came amid what Shea described as “an endless supply of weapons.”
In July, after a ‘Defund the Police’ protest turned into a full-blown occupation outside City Hall, the city withdrew $ 1 billion from the police budget by shifting school security functions to the city school system. , cutting overtime and eliminating nearly 1,200 -class recruiting people.
Police officers have blamed bail reforms that took effect in early 2020 for putting criminals on the streets, but there is little evidence that people released from jail are behind the new crimes.
