Brooklyn man faces hate crime charges in stabbing aboard train on first day of Pride Month

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A Brooklyn man is facing hate crime charges following a horrific stabbing aboard a train on the first day of Pride Month. 

The police have identified the suspect as Runadieo Jordan, 52, the New York Post reported. Officers with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) said Jordan is the suspect in an attack that took place on the northbound 2 train that was approaching the 3rd Avenue and 149th Street station in the early hours of the morning on Wednesday (1 June). 

Jordan is accused of hurling homophobic insults at a male passenger before stabbing a “sharp object” into the victim’s right arm and fleeing from the train, the NYPD said. 

Emergency services rushed the victim, who had non-life-threatening injuries, to the Lincoln Medical Center.

Patrick Warren, chief safety and security officer for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, said in a statement that Jordan was apprehended by NYPD Transit officers while on a “northbound #6 train after recognising him from a wanted flyer related to a stabbing the day before”.

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“This arrest removed another weapon from the transit system,” Warren said. “We have repeatedly said that it is a priority to stop bad actors before they can commit crimes against other New Yorkers.”

Jordan has been charged with two counts of assault as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon and aggravated harassment as a hate crime.