A 54-year-old man was fatally stabbed during a dispute on a Coney Island, Brooklyn, subway platform Tuesday night.
The victim was stabbed during a dispute on the southbound platform of the Coney Island Stillwell Avenue subway station that started at around 11:20 p.m.
He got into an argument with an unknown man that escalated to the two rolling on the platform.
The suspect pulled a knife and stabbed the victim in the back and thigh.
The victim staggered to a waiting subway train, where he collapsed in a train waiting car.
The suspect may have gotten on the same train car before fleeing to Stillwell Avenue.
The victim was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital Brooklyn, where he was pronounced dead just after midnight.
The suspect was described as a bald man in his 30s, wearing a green shirt and aqua shorts. No arrests have been made.
It was the ninth homicide in the transit system so far this year. Five people had been killed at this point last year
But overall transit crime is down 6.1%, with most categories showing significant declines. Robberies are down 15.9%, felony assault down 4.8% and grand larceny down 2.8%.