Fox News meteorologist Adam Klotz left injured after being punched by teens on New York subway

A Fox News meteorologist has been severely beaten on the New York City subway after telling a group of teenagers to stop bothering an elderly man.

Adam Klotz, 37, was attacked by ‘five or six’ teenagers, who punched him in the face and kicked him in the chest, leaving him with a black eye and bruised ribs.

Three of the teenagers, two 15 and one 17, were captured by police who took their details and contacted their parents to pick them up early Sunday morning, a police source told the outlet. New York Post.

In 2022, crime on the subway increased 30 percent over 2021, according to city data.

Klotz, who is originally from Indiana, took to Instagram to explain the injuries to his face and provide context for the incident, which occurred around 1:15 a.m. near the 18th Street station on the 1 train.

He said he was on his way home from watching the New York Giants NFL playoff game when he saw the teenagers bothering an elderly man.

“Coming home last night from seeing the [New York] Game of the giants in a bar, on the subway, this older man was being harassed by this group of seven or eight teenagers,” he said.

Klotz added: “I was like, ‘Yo guys cut that.’ And they decided, ‘Okay, he’s not going to get it, so you’re going to get it,’ and they gave it to me. They had me on the ground, my ribs are all kinds of bruised too.They got their hits.

Klotz had injuries to a child’s eyes and scratches to his face, but he said the injuries to his body were worse.

The beating happened around 1:15 a.m. at the 18th Street station next to the 1 train.

The elderly man Klotz said he was defending was fine and was able to escape unharmed, he said.

“Juvenile reports were prepared and their parents were called to pick them up,” an NYPD representative told the Post on Sunday.

Klotz’s face was clearly bruised and tender, with both eyelids red and purple, but the meteorologist clarified that his injuries would heal. I have x-rays. I’m fine. All of this will heal. So, everything is fine,’ he said.

“You should see the other guy,” Klotz joked. ‘My side is much worse than my face, and the thing is, the other guy isn’t really a guy. They are the children. Five or six children.

It seems that while three teenagers were detained by the NYPD, the rest were able to escape. While Klotz said in the video that some of the teens were “grabbed,” it’s unclear if he knew they were released, but he quipped, “New York City! The big Apple!’

The New York police did not respond to a request for comment Sunday afternoon.

Data from the NYPD showed that transit crime had increased 42% through October 2022. For the full year, crime on the subway increased 30%

Crime on the subway has increased in the past year, but Mayor Eric Adams suggested those statistics are simply a reflection of the fact that more people are using it in post-pandemic New York.

Crime on the subway increased 30 percent in 2022, more than the 22 percent increase in overall major crime citywide.

In response to the subway’s high crime rate, the city has sought to deploy more NYPD officers to staff stations. This year, the department is spending an additional $20 million each month on police overtime, Bloomberg informed.

However, during the conference earlier this month involving Adams and Transit Chief Michael Kemper, the two opted to compare the 2022 number to the 2019 number.

“When comparing 2022 crime to 2019, subway crime decreased 7.7 percent and was the lowest since 2014. In fact, when comparing overall 2022 transit crime to the years leading up to the pandemic, it was the lowest year in more than 25 years. Kemper said.