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NYC madman arrested, ID’d after fatally stabbing straphanger during argument on rush-hour subway: cops

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Woods, A., & Marino, J. (2026, October 1). NYC madman arrested, ID’d after fatally stabbing straphanger during argument on rush-hour subway: cops. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/01/us-news/nyc-madman-arrested-after-fatally-stabbing-straphanger-during-argument-on-rush-hour-subway/

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New York Post · collected 2026-10-01 · by Amanda Woods, Joe Marino

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Jyrell Thomas, 25, was arrested and charged with murder after fatally stabbing Mesias Lojano, 59, during a rush-hour incident on a Queens subway train Wednesday evening. Video footage shows Thomas attacking Lojano multiple times in an unprovoked manner before fleeing the scene; Lojano died from his injuries at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center. Police report that this was not a dispute between acquaintances but rather a sudden violent act, with Thomas also facing charges of criminal possession of a weapon.
Written by AI on 2026-10-01, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On Wednesday around 5:20 p.m., during rush hour in Queens, a man identified as Jyrell Thomas, 25 fatally stabbed Mesias Lojano, 59, on a southbound J Train approaching Woodhaven Boulevard station. Video footage shows Lojano being repeatedly stabbed and left bleeding on the platform before the assailant fled. The victim was taken to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center but later died from his injuries. Police arrested Thomas shortly after at the Woodhaven stop, who had stabbed Lojano five times without provocation during a heated argument. Surveillance cameras captured terrified passengers fleeing the train as this incident unfolded. This event underscores the growing safety concerns in New York City's subway system, which saw an average of seven transit murders annually from 2020 to last year compared to just two previously.

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Who wrote this

Amanda Woods
54 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction
🔮 The NYPD said city education officials were stonewalling its probe into the fatal shooting of a potentially bullied Bronx schoolboy — after boss Mayor Zohran Mamdani publicly crowed about helping the teen’s kin.
🔮 The 14-year-old boy was riding atop a northbound train on the J/M lines when he tumbled off the train car’s roof as it pulled into the Hewes Street station in Williamsburg around 3:40 p.m., police said.
🔮 Cops are investigating whether someone fishing off a Brooklyn promenade may have used their bait knife to slash the throat of jogger Katie Suarez last week, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.
🔮 Investigators are also looking to talk to anyone who may have seen Suarez jogging along the Belt Parkway between about 7:56 and 8:12 p.m. The new reward money in the case was being offered by Crime Stoppers, an NYPD program that offers cash to anonymous tipsters that help solve high-profile violent cases.
🔮 “From just their dynamic and how you would experience it in person, you just felt that love in the air,” one relative said.
🔮 Chanel — who is 10 years old and “very playful but not with anyone” — initially wouldn’t go with the cold-heated duo when they double-parked outside the 130th Street and 14th Avenue residence and beckoned to her, Lopez said.
🔮 The man – who sources said may be nonverbal – was pronounced dead on scene by EMS workers, cops said.
🔮 But without their tireless work, the story of your sacrifice, your dedication, the challenges you face and your professionalism will never be topped.” The DEA is one of the largest unions representing NYPD officers and brass, with the Police Benevolent Association representing the most members of the department.
🔮 Although he was instructed to return to the hospital this week, he has been left in the dark about whether that surgery will even happen.
🔮 The victim, 27, was riding a northbound No. 2 train passing through the 225th Street station in Williamsbridge around 9:10 a.m. when an attacker sliced him with the blade, police said.
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Joe Marino
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🔮 Cops are investigating whether someone fishing off a Brooklyn promenade may have used their bait knife to slash the throat of jogger Katie Suarez last week, law-enforcement sources told The Post on Monday.
🔮 Suarez’s dad eventually caught up with the mom, and around 8 p.m., phoned their daughter — a graduate of Brooklyn College Kingborough Community College and a native of El Salvador, according to her LinkedIn — to talk about where they could meet up, sources said.
🔮 Guerrero said she immediately went to school so she wouldn’t “be involved.”
🔮 “They probably couldn’t understand what she was saying.”
🔮 The city’s medical examiner will determine his cause of death.
🔮 “From just their dynamic and how you would experience it in person, you just felt that love in the air,” one relative said.
🔮 Chanel — who is 10 years old and “very playful but not with anyone” — initially wouldn’t go with the cold-heated duo when they double-parked outside the 130th Street and 14th Avenue residence and beckoned to her, Lopez said.
🔮 She did not discuss her purchase of the murder weapon but said, “If I could have prevented this, I would have.”
🔮 Local officials are expected to hold another press conference with additional details around 8:30 p.m. EST.
🔮 Police have not identified her as a suspect, but are investigating whether she may have been involved.
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Topics

Bronx Facebook Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Ozone Park Queens

Subjects

Lojano PERSON · 3× Thomas PERSON · 3× Bronx GPE · 1× Bronx Target ORG · 1× Facebook ORG · 1× Jamaica Hospital Medical Center ORG · 1× Jyrell Thomas PERSON · 1× Mesias Lojano PERSON · 1× Ozone Park GPE · 1× Queens GPE · 1×

Narrative

Disturbing video posted by a straphanger to Facebook shows panicked commuters frantically fleeing the rush-hour train – where a shoeless Thomas is seen knifing Lojano repeatedly while he’s on the ground of the subway car, near its doors.
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Claims (11 extracted, 4 hedged)

A shoeless madman was charged Thursday with murder for allegedly stabbing another straphanger to death in an unprovoked spurt of violence on a Queens train – as harrowing video of the bloody attack shows terrified riders scrambling off the subway car. uncertain
riders → charge → car
Jyrell Thomas, 25, allegedly whipped out a knife and plunged it into Mesias Lojano, 59, without warning – stabbing him three times in the torso and once in the neck – on board the packed southbound J train approaching Woodhaven Boulevard around 5:20 p.m. Wednesday, police and sources said. uncertain
police → whip → Boulevard
The gravely wounded Lojano, of Ozone Park, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he later died, police said. asserted
police → wound → Center
Disturbing video posted by a straphanger to Facebook shows panicked commuters frantically fleeing the rush-hour train – where a shoeless Thomas is seen knifing Lojano repeatedly while he’s on the ground of the subway car, near its doors. asserted
he → post → doors
The victim tried to shield himself from the blade – with his hand covered in blood as the callous stabber pulled him by his hoodie out of the car, left him on the platform and then ran off. asserted
stabber → try → platform
The knife-wielding attacker then rushed down the stairs of the elevated station – behind other commuters including a mother and child – as the witness filming the incident yelled in English and Spanish for someone to grab the weapon. asserted
witness → wield → weapon
A group of men, including the person filming, then ran after the suspect – who sprinted out into the street and finally perched himself on a garage roof, before police cuffed him. asserted
police → include → him
Thomas – a Bronx resident who did not know Lojano – was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon and hospitalized, according to police, though it was not clear why. uncertain
it → know → police
The deadly violence initially appeared to have stemmed from a dispute, but police confirmed Thursday the attack was unprovoked. asserted
attack → appear → dispute
Thomas has one previous arrest from early September – for allegedly stealing $23 worth of merchandise from a Bronx Target store and then attempting to flee from cops, according to cops and sources. uncertain
Thomas → have → cops
He was charged with petit larceny, obstruction of governmental administration and criminal possession of stolen property, the sources said. asserted
sources → charge → property
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