A man who shouted “F— these people!” before allegedly stabbing two commuters at Grand Central Station on Christmas Eve has been charged with attempted murder.
Jason Sargeant, 28, was indicted in state Supreme Court on Thursday for attempted murder, assault, attempted assault, and criminal possession of a weapon for the rampage that wounded a 26-year-old woman and a 42-year-old man.
Witnesses heard Sargeant scream “F— these people” before suddenly pulling the emergency brake on an uptown No. 5 train then entering the Grand Central-42nd St. subway station around 10:10 p.m., police and MTA officials said.
Sargeant rushed out of the stalled train car and without warning slashed the 42-year-old man in his left wrist, cops said.
Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Anjali Puri said the victim “was bleeding profusely on scene” and “lost a significant amount of blood” at Sargeant’s arraignment last month,
First responders applied a tourniquet before rushing him to Bellevue Hospital, where he was treated for nerve and muscle damage, prosecutors said.
Straphangers “appeared to be afraid” of Sargeant and steered clear of him as he fled up a flight of stairs, Puri added.
When he reached the mezzanine level and exited a turnstile, he lunged at a 26-year-old woman with his knife, punching her in the face and cutting her neck and throat, prosecutors said.
She suffered minor injuries and was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
Sargeant then rode an escalator to the concourse where MTA police seized him and recovered a bloody knife from his coat pocket, according to prosecutors.
Sargeant has been homeless since at least February, when he made a GoFundMe post asking for donations so he could move out of his shelter.
“I’ve been trying to get back on my feet but with limited job opportunities it’s been extremely exhausting,” he wrote in his post. “Fortunately last week I found an opportunity that can possibly help. There is a room that I can rent but I cannot afford the first months deposit.”
Sargeant was hoping to raise $1,000 but no one donated.
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