Subway ‘pusher’ accused of shoving victim to his death in front of a moving train is 24-year-old with history of mental illness and arrests beginning when he was just 16

The subway pusher accused of pushing a victim in front of a train Monday night has been identified.

Carlton McPherson, 24, allegedly pushed a 45-year-old man onto the tracks at the 125th Street station on Lexington Avenue in East Harlem as a 4 train approached around 7 p.m.

Authorities say the attack was unprovoked and the victim has not yet been identified.

McPherson has a long criminal history and was arrested at the age of 16. He also has a history of mental illness.

He was arrested on assault charges in October 2023, but was released on bail and is expected back in court on those charges in July, sources told the newspaper. New York Post.

Authorities say the attack was unprovoked and the 45-year-old victim has not yet been identified

According to a police spokeswoman, the victim was pushed onto the city platform in front of a train that could not stop.

Number 5 trains in both directions were severely delayed after the attack, according to the MTA. Normal service to the station resumed at 9 p.m.

A large number of officers were on the scene, along with several shocked New Yorkers who were standing on the platform when word spread about a man under the train.

“I felt like a pit in my stomach when I heard it, and I just felt really sad for the person it happened to,” Brendan Daniel said Pixel 11.

The horrific incident occurred hours after NYPD Transit leaders made a public safety announcement about the “continued commitment” they have made “to public safety” in the community.

McPherson has a long criminal history and was arrested at the age of 16. He also has a history of mental illness. He is seen grinning as he left the 25 Precinct in Manhattan on Tuesday

Concerned commuters line the 125th Street station after a fatal pushing incident occurred Monday evening

Transit Chief Mike Kemper referred to New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent announcement about the deployment of National Guard troops and state police officers to the New York subway system.

“The results of these investments in recent months have been encouraging,” Kemper said.

He added that “overall crime” in New York’s subways was down during the month of February, but he did not provide specific figures.

“And so far in the month of March, that downward trend continues,” Kemper said, adding that overall crime in the metro is down 15.5 percent this month compared to last year.

Just days after Hochul’s announcement, a fight on the A train ended in a shooting, leaving many New Yorkers with the impression that the vast transportation system is virtually impossible for police.

McPherson was arrested for assault in October 2023 but was released on bail and is expected back in court on that charge in July

A large number of officers attended the scene, along with a number of shocked New Yorkers who were on the platform as word spread of a man under the tracks

The shooting occurred on a northbound A train in Brooklyn shortly after 4:45 p.m. on March 14, when a verbal dispute between two strangers escalated into a fight.

A 36-year-old man who was shot and who has not been named accused the other man of being a “migrant who beat up officers” in angry scenes as other passengers rushed to get away.

He was then stabbed in the head with his own gun and shot in the head by the other man, Younece Obuad, 32, after it was wrestled away from him in the fight on the train.

Obuad was arrested and not charged because prosecutors found he acted in self-defense.