A Brooklyn man stabbed multiple people at Grand Central Terminal on Christmas Eve, and no bystanders tried to stop him.
Jason Sargeant, 28, allegedly stabbed two people in separate attacks before being stopped by police, the New York Post reported. One of the victims, a 26-year-old woman, said no one helped her when she was attacked.
Sargeant has been charged with assault, reckless endangerment, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment, and disorderly conduct. He had three prior arrests, including one for assaulting a police officer, the Post reported.
Imani-Ciara Pizarro, 26, was Facetiming with her neighbor as she left the 4 train around 10 p.m., the Post reported, when she saw blood on the ground near the turnstiles. A few seconds later, she was “sucker punched” in the back of the head and “blacked out,” she told the Post.
Sargeant allegedly yelled, “what’s your problem?” at Pizarro multiple times before stabbing her in the throat and kicking her phone away. Witnesses told the Post that they “just froze” and that no police were around.
“I wish I could be able to travel to my livelihood and not be attacked. I wish there were cops in Grand Central when I was attacked, there were none. I was running for help and there was no one there,” Pizarro told the outlet. “There are usually cops in four different spots and I ran to each one of them but none were there.”
Pizarro was on her way to work at a nearby migrant shelter. Sargeant is reportedly a Brooklyn native.
“No one called 911. No one in Grand Central called 911,” Pizarro told the Post. “It was my neighbor. I called my neighbor. I was on the phone with my neighbor when it happened and she called 911.”
Pizarro was the second person allegedly stabbed by Sargeant. The first was a 42-year-old man who has not been identified. The attacks appear to be unprovoked.
“It’s not fair. We’re getting hurt every day. And there’s nothing I can do. I can’t protect myself. I’ve almost been assaulted two other times in the last two months by mentally ill people. I try to ignore them but they don’t like being ignored either,” Pizarro told the Post.
At his first court proceeding on Christmas Day, Sargeant reportedly cried for his mother as he was held on $150,000 bail, the Post reported.
“Wait, mom, I didn’t know you were here! I didn’t know you were here!” Sargeant reportedly cried.
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A Brooklyn man stabbed multiple people at Grand Central Terminal on Christmas Eve, and no bystanders tried to stop him.
Jason Sargeant, 28, allegedly stabbed two people in separate attacks before being stopped by police, the New York Post reported. One of the victims, a 26-year-old woman, said no one helped her when she was attacked.
Sargeant has been charged with assault, reckless endangerment, menacing, criminal possession of a weapon, harassment, and disorderly conduct. He had three prior arrests, including one for assaulting a police officer, the Post reported.
Imani-Ciara Pizarro, 26, was Facetiming with her neighbor as she left the 4 train around 10 p.m., the Post reported, when she saw blood on the ground near the turnstiles. A few seconds later, she was “sucker punched” in the back of the head and “blacked out,” she told the Post.
Sargeant allegedly yelled, “what’s your problem?” at Pizarro multiple times before stabbing her in the throat and kicking her phone away. Witnesses told the Post that they “just froze” and that no police were around.
“I wish I could be able to travel to my livelihood and not be attacked. I wish there were cops in Grand Central when I was attacked, there were none. I was running for help and there was no one there,” Pizarro told the outlet. “There are usually cops in four different spots and I ran to each one of them but none were there.”
Pizarro was on her way to work at a nearby migrant shelter. Sargeant is reportedly a Brooklyn native.
“No one called 911. No one in Grand Central called 911,” Pizarro told the Post. “It was my neighbor. I called my neighbor. I was on the phone with my neighbor when it happened and she called 911.”
Pizarro was the second person allegedly stabbed by Sargeant. The first was a 42-year-old man who has not been identified. The attacks appear to be unprovoked.
“It’s not fair. We’re getting hurt every day. And there’s nothing I can do. I can’t protect myself. I’ve almost been assaulted two other times in the last two months by mentally ill people. I try to ignore them but they don’t like being ignored either,” Pizarro told the Post.
At his first court proceeding on Christmas Day, Sargeant reportedly cried for his mother as he was held on $150,000 bail, the Post reported.
“Wait, mom, I didn’t know you were here! I didn’t know you were here!” Sargeant reportedly cried.
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