Suspect Shoves Man to His Death in Chelsea Hours After Being Taken Into Custody, NYPD Says
Police say the attack appeared random and unprovoked, and detectives are searching for a man in his 20s or 30s.
- On Thursday night, 76-year-old Ross Falzone died after being shoved down a Chelsea subway staircase at West 18th Street and 7th Avenue by Rhamell Burke, who allegedly attacked the victim from behind.
- Hours before the attack, police had taken Burke to Bellevue Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation after he acted erratically near the NYPD's 17th Precinct; the hospital released him at 4:39 p.m.
- Detectives arrested Burke on Friday evening inside Penn Station and charged him with murder, describing the incident as a random and unprovoked attack.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered a "root cause analysis and a full internal review of NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue Hospital" regarding discharge protocols, while a hospital spokesperson stated they "welcome this review."
- Neighbors remembered Falzone, a former teacher, as a "kind, nice person" who lived on the Upper West Side, marking the first homicide in the 13th Precinct this year.
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Elderly man dies after suspect — who was in police custody just hours earlier — shoves him down subway steps: NYPD
An elderly man has died after the suspect in his killing — who was in police custody just hours earlier — shoved him down subway entrance steps in New York City on Thursday night, police told WCBS-TV.The attack against the 76-year-old man occurred just before 9:30 p.m. in the city's Chelsea neighborhood at West 18th Street and 7th Avenue, the station said.'Disgusting.'Responding officers found Ross Falzone on the subway stairs with head injuries…
Maniac released from psych ward hours before he pushed elderly teacher to his death in subway: cops
The brute -- seen in a surveillance image obtained by The Post -- allegedly hurled total stranger Ross Falzone, 76, down the steps leading to the No. 1 train station at West 18th Street and 7th Avenue around 9:30 p.m. Thursday, cops said.
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