CANARSIE, Brooklyn (WABC) — Police have arrested a man and charged him with murder after an L train passenger in Brooklyn was slashed and killed last week.
Alvin Charles, 43, was charged Wednesday with manslaughter in connection with the deadly subway rampage.
The victim, 43-year-old Tommy Bailey, was a star high school baseball player who was killed on Friday in the New York City subway.
It happened aboard a southbound L train in East New York around 9 p.m.
Investigators say Bailey got into an argument with another rider and was hit in the neck.
The killer ran away, and the reason for the attack has not yet been determined.
Candles, balloons and a baseball were found outside the victim’s apartment on Monday.
His uncle, Richard Bailey, said he loved Canarsie and was never afraid to ride the subway.
“He’s not a guy to look for trouble,” Bailey said. “To say that I’m going there and I’m going to fight someone, no. He was in construction, you know? He has three children, he has a family.’
There were no cameras in the train. Last month, the MTA announced that over the next two years, cameras will be installed in each carriage in the agency’s fleet.
Riders we spoke to said they were keeping a close eye on the public transport system.
“I’ve never engaged people on the train,” said subway rider Mark Jepsen. “Personally, I try not to do that, I keep one eye on the nearest exit and also kind of watch who’s getting in and who’s getting out.”
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