NEW YORK (PIX11) — A great-grandfather who was nearly killed just hours into the new year is speaking out from the hospital after police say he was shoved into a moving subway train in the Bronx borough of New York.
Officials say the suspect is a Russian national working as a doctor in New York. During his arraignment, the suspect’s attorney told a judge his client has committed his life to caring for sick people. Police say it was at a Bronx subway station where he attempted to kill a stranger.
Julio Figueroa, 72, was heading home from a Yonkers casino early New Year’s morning when police say he was pushed into a moving No. 4 train at the 161 St-Yankee Stadium station…