Man fatally stabbed inside Elmhurst, Queens subway station

ByEyewitness News WABC logo

Friday, April 23, 2021

An apparently homeless man has died after being stabbed in the shoulder in an Elmhurst, Queens, subway station.

ELMHURST, Queens (WABC) -- An apparently homeless man has died after being stabbed in the shoulder in an Elmhurst, Queens, subway station.

Newscopter 7 was over the scene as police investigated.

The stabbing happened early Friday morning in Elmhurst, Queens.

It happened at 5:42 a.m. Someone called 911 and asked for help for the unconscious man on the southbound platform of the M/R line at Grand Avenue.

When police arrived, they found the man with a stab wound to his upper chest, shoulder area.

He was taken to NYC Health and Hospitals/Elmhurst where he was pronounced dead. His identity has not yet been released.

So far, there are no arrests and the investigation remains ongoing.

The complaint charges that Terrell Harper used anti-Asian slurs and even threatened Detective Vincent Chung's mother on March 11.

Related Topics