Critics Question N.Y.P.D. Shootings After Fare Evasion Stop in Subway
Officers fired during a clash with a man carrying a knife who was first stopped for fare evasion, police said. Two bystanders, an officer and the man were struck.
Protests over NY subway fare-evasion shooting lead to arrests
At a Tuesday protest that began outside the Sutter Avenue L Station in Brooklyn, where the shooting incident occurred, police made 18 arrests as community members spoke out and gave out swipes for subway rides. "Two dollars and 90 cents is not [worth] a bullet shot to the head," one protester told CBS News, the BBC's US partner.
NYPD shooting that injured 4 followed fare evasion crackdown in NYC's poorest area
The enforcement of subway fare evasion turned bloody on Sunday in a neighborhood where many people can’t afford basic needs, much less the cost to ride the train every day.
4 shot after police open fire on knife-wielding subway fare evader, NYPD says
Two officers pursued a fare evasion suspect, then opened fire as he approached them, police said. The suspect, one officer and two bystanders were shot.
Brooklyn fare-beater armed with knife who sparked police shooting in subway charged with assault on officer
Derrell Mickles, 37, appeared remotely from his hospital bed at a hearing in Brooklyn Supreme Court after the Sunday shooting. The gunfire left Mickles and 49-year-olD Gregory Delpeche, who was on
Brooklyn subway shooting: NYPD faces criticism over fare evasion arrest gone wrong, and faulty Tasers
Two days after a Brooklyn subway shooting that left four people wounded, including a suspected fare-beater and a police officer, city officials are demanding answers as to how the NYPD friendly fire incident came to pass.
Brooklyn shooting not linked to fare evasion: NYPD
The NYPD responded to criticism following a police shooting in Brooklyn. On Wednesday, they made it clear that the incident was not about fare evasion. FOX 5 NY's Arthur Chi'en reports.
Knife-wielding Brooklyn subway fare-beater within 7 feet of cops when they shot him: NYPD
One of the officers who opened fire Sunday was struck under his armpit by his partner’s bullet and two innocent straphangers were wounded.
Bystander shot in head as NY police tackle armed subway fare-evader
New York police have defended their actions after a bystander was shot in the head as two officers tackled a fare-evader armed with a knife in a busy subway station. The man was in critical condition after the shooting at Sutter Avenue L station in Brooklyn on Sunday afternoon.
Arrests made as crowds protest NYPD at Brooklyn subway shooting scene
Nearly 20 people were arrested in a protest that spawned at a Brooklyn subway station where four people were shot, including two bystanders, when NYPD officers opened fire during a confrontation with an alleged fare-beater over the weekend,
Calls for NYPD accountability after officer, suspect, 2 bystanders shot at Brooklyn subway station
There are growing calls for accountability from the NYPD after an officer, suspect, and two bystanders were shot in Brooklyn Sunday afternoon. "We don't want to take their word for it, because as it stands today,
Gothamist13h
Bloody turn in NYC's fare evasion crackdown raises question: Is it worth it?
More police officers, soldiers and enforcement agents have surged into the subway, but fare evasion has only increased.
Metro installs more secure faregates in effort to prevent fare evasion
Metro has installed more secure faregates as part of an effort to prevent fare evasion. The project started in July 2023 and ...
Metro installs its final new faregate doors in effort to reduce fare evasion
Metro leaders and employees gathered at Judiciary Square to mark the end of a project in which taller faregate doors were ...
Fare evasion on TriMet’s MAX trains hits 27%, highest ‘in recent memory’
That’s far higher than the fare-evasion rates reported by the agency from 2014 through 2019, when rates began at 9% and grew ...
Metro expands five-foot gates to all 98 DMV stations
The announcement comes over a year after the first fare evasion gates were installed at the Fort Totten Station in July 2023.
NYPD plans to release body cam footage in subway shooting of knife-wielding suspect
The New York Police Department says it will release body camera footage of its officers firing on a knife-wielding suspect in ...