Man stabbed several times, killed on subway in Lower Manhattan, suspect on the run

A man died Friday morning after he was stabbed on a subway train following a dispute, in what officials say is the subway system’s first homicide of the year.

The 38-year-old victim, identified as Brooklyn resident John Sheldon, was stabbed on a southbound No. 5 train and then exited onto the platform at the Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers Street station Friday morning around 8:40 a.m.

The stabbing allegedly stemmed from a dispute between Sheldon and the suspect that escalated. It all started when two got into a fight after the suspect unintentionally stepped on Sheldon’s shoe…

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