It happened Friday just before 9 p.m. on an L train in East New York.
Police say 43-year-old Tommy Bailey got into a dispute with another man, and that is when the suspect pulled out a sharp object and slashed Bailey across the neck.
The suspect took off running when the train got to the Atlantic Avenue stop.
The victim was pronounced dead at Brookdale Hospital.
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