BREAKING NEWS Subway pusher is seen for the first time after 'shoving straphanger on to tracks in sick attack caught on video' By BRITTANY CHAIN and WILL POTTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 22:33 EST, 31 December 2024 | Updated: 22:43 EST, 31 December 2024 e-mail View comments The man accused of shoving a stranger in front of an oncoming subway train has been pictured for the first time as he's marched through a station in handcuffs. Kamel Hawkins, 23, was charged with attempted murder and second-degree assault following the sickening random attack on Tuesday afternoon.
Surveillance video showed the unnamed victim, 45, standing by the edge of the platform as the train approached at 18th street in Chelsea, Manhattan about 1.30pm. Hawkins, wearing a mask, paced behind the man for several seconds before pushing him onto the tracks as a train approached.
The man miraculously survived. Pictures show the moment Hawkins was captured by police and escorted through the subway into custody. In the photographs, Hawkins is wearing a grey hooded sweatershirt and navy pants, having changed out of the clothes he was wearing at the time of the assault.
Kamel Hawkins, 23, was charged with attempted murder and second-degree assault following the sickening random attack on Tuesday afternoon Pictures show the moment Hawkins was captured by police and escorted through the subway into custody In the photographs, Hawkins is wearing a grey hooded sweatershirt and navy pants, having changed out of th.
