NEW YORK — Police are searching for one man wanted in connection to two separate stabbings in the New York City subway system .
According to the New York City Police Department, 52-year-old Jamar Banks is accused of stabbing two people this week.
Train rider, off-duty MTA employee injured in separate stabbings
The first incident happened around 9:40 a.m. Wednesday on a northbound 2 train at the 14th Street and Seventh Avenue station in Manhattan.
Police say Banks approached a 31-year-old man from behind and started arguing with him. Banks then allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed the man in the back before getting off the train and running away.
The victim was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
The second stabbing happened around 6:10 a.m. Thursday at the Pelham Parkway station in the Bronx. According to police, Banks approached an off-duty MTA employee on the northbound 5 train platform and started arguing with him. He then allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed the MTA employee in the armpit and the back before running away.