MORRIS HEIGHTS, BRONX (WABC) — Police detained in fatal stabbing of a man in the Bronx subway station on Thursday.
Saquan Lemons, 27, of the Bronx, was arrested Saturday afternoon on charges including murder, involuntary manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon, authorities said.
The victim, Charles Moore, 38, was getting off the northbound #4 train when he arrived at the 176th Street station shortly before 9 p.m. Thursday when he was stabbed multiple times in the back and chest.
Moore collapsed on the platform and was rushed to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he later died, becoming the seventh person to die on the New York City transit system this year and the second subway stabbing in less than a week.
Friends and family say Moore’s world revolved around his 8-year-old daughter, Charlie.
“She was his life. She was Charles’ life – if there’s one thing I can say about my son, he was a damn good father. A better parent than the one we had,” said Moore’s mother, Frances Vanterpool.
On Saturday, friends toasted him, cried and lit candles for the second night — but this time they knew the suspect was in custody.
Police did not say how they found Lemons, but the MTA’s security chief thanked him in a statement for using MTA cameras to make the quick arrest.
Police are still investigating whether it was a random attack. Moore’s mother says it was meant to be.
“It was unprovoked, there was no word between this man and my son. The man stabbed my son several times in the back,” she said.
While the arrest came as a relief to family and friends who were paying tribute to Moore, it doesn’t make the loss any less painful.
“I mean, he’s under arrest and that’s it. But that’s not going to bring my friend back,” Darrell Calhoun said.
Colquhoun had been on the phone with Moore minutes before he was attacked, while Moore was returning home from work at Citi Field.
“It was fine, we were just talking about my son’s basketball,” Colhoun said.
They planned to hang out before Moore spends the weekend with his little girl.
Moore’s mother says at this point all she wants is to be convicted of murder – her family has suffered an unimaginable loss. Ten years ago, Moore’s nephew, Teddy Beckles, was stabbed to death outside his school. Just last year, Moore’s sister suffered a fatal heart attack.
“I can’t take it anymore,” Vanterpool said.
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