The man wanted for stabbing an off-duty MTA worker at a Bronx subway station Thursday is also being sought for stabbing another man aboard a train in Manhattan the day before.
The transit worker’s alleged stabber, whom police identified as 52-year-old Jamar Banks, also attacked a 31-year-old man aboard a northbound No. 2 train at the 14th St. subway station in the West Village shortly after 6 p.m. on New Year’s Day, cops said.
The Downtown victim told police that Banks walked up to him and started an argument aboard the train before drawing a knife and stabbing him in the back.
Medics rushed the victim to Bellevue Hospital in stable condition. The stabber fled the subway station on foot, said police.
Banks’ alleged stabbing spree continued the following day when he attacked a 47-year-old off-duty station cleaner at the Pelham Parkway subway station around 6 a.m., according to police.
As in the earlier incident, Banks picked a fight with the transit worker before stabbing him in the back and armpit, cops said.
EMS transported the MTA employee to Jacobi Medical Center in stable condition, police said.
Banks fled the Bronx station on foot.
Police released surveillance images of the suspect in hopes the public will assist in tracking him down. He is described as 5-feet-11 and weighing 120 pounds, and was seen carrying a red suitcase.
Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 800-577-TIPS. All calls are confidential.
