Man attacked on Subway - with HOLY SHIT! video. - UPDATE: Suspect arrested

[sws4420]

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Fox 29 has obtained pictures tonight of a brutal attack on a Septa rider who was hit repeatedly with a hammer.

Dewayne Taylor, 20, is a lab technician at the University Of Pennsylvania

On September 3, about midnight, Taylor was riding a Septa train on the Orange line into North Philadelphia after a long day at work.

Taylor said he fell asleep while wearing his iPod.

In the tape supplied by Philadelphia police, Taylor is then seen being hit by another Septa rider repeatedly with a hammer.

Police say his attacker is a larger man, in the video, in a white shirt and they think he is traveling with a young child.

Then the man drags Taylor off the train onto the platform at the Erie station, and Taylor says at that time his attacker tried to throw him on the tracks.

Taylor then managed to stumble bloody back on to the train as a SEPTA employee intervened. And the suspect ran off.

Taylor now has seven staples in his head and a broken finger.

A Septa spokesman said Monday that it has not increased patrols in the subway since they consider this an isolated incident


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[trojanmiro]

theres gotta be more to this story.

[sws4420]

I sort of thought so, too. It seems too weird that he'd just up and fuck up an innocent bystander, especially with a kid right there.

[trojanmiro]

dont forget with a hammer.

[sws4420]

Right. I mean the guy had it in his backpack and all. What are the chances he just had it with him and then asked the kid to sit, and then that was it. And where'd the kid go?

[trojanmiro]

dunno, but the train took off with the guys bag.

[PerkyBitch]

:cuckoo:Geez, that's nuts. I'm sure they knew each other somehow. It was obviously planned.

[sws4420]

Philadelphia Police Make Arrest in Subway Hammer Attack


PHILADELPHIA -- Police have arrested a man suspected of brutally attacking a dozing subway passenger with a hammer while other riders did nothing to stop the assault, the city's police commissioner said Wednesday.

The suspect, taken into custody in a mental institution late Tuesday, has a lengthy record of rape and other convictions, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said on NBC's "Today."

The victim was treated and released from a hospital.

Ramsey criticized other riders for standing by when the assailant entered the train with his 5-year-old son, directed the boy to a seat, calmly pulled a hammer from a backpack and attacked a man dozing in a nearby seat.

At least 10 other riders were in the car when the attack occurred last week, yet no one interfered as the man repeatedly struck the victim in the train car and later out on a platform, Ramsey said on "Today."

"They better pray they're never a victim, because if someone was attacking them that way they would certainly hope someone would step forward and help, and it starts with stepping forward and doing something yourself," Ramsey said.

Police had asked the public to help identify the attacker and released surveillance video showing the early Sept. 4 attack that was played repeatedly on Philadelphia television stations.

Police said the man was apprehended after family members called police. Ramsey did not identify the man or say whether he had been charged yet, but said he had a lengthy record.

"He has a long criminal history including rape, robbery, assault, narcotics violations," Ramsey said.

The suspect apparently had tried to hurt himself with the hammer following the attack on the subway. Family members said they were not initially aware of the attack, but had the suspect committed to the mental institution where he was taken into custody.

The victim, 20-year-old Dewayne Taylor, made his own way to a hospital and was treated for head and neck injuries. Taylor, who has been released from the hospital, said Tuesday he has no idea who the attacker is or why he was targeted.


http://www.officer.com/web/online/Top-News-Stories/Philadelphia-Police-Make-Arrest-in-Subway-Hammer-Attack--/1$43140

[Dave]

People are fucking scary.

[PerkyBitch]

OMG, guess I was wrong. How awful for that guy.:sad:

Like Dave said...scary.:blink:

[Dave]

I wonder what happened to his 5yo son?

[mb*]

I wonder what happened to his 5yo son?
that's what i was thinking.

i mean, the kid ran away from them with a bunch of other people. you'd think they would've had the kid in protective custody or something.

[Dave]

Who knows. They probably do. Just not stated in the article.

[Mikey]

that was freaky. I think i saw the 5 yr old walk past the camera when those 2 got out and he was walking towards them. But that's something tho, just hit someone w/ a hammer for no reason.

[trojanmiro]

the guy claims it was no reason. i read he had old narcotics arrest. i bet he owed him a few bucks from that or something. its one of those tihngs you dont tell the cops about if it were the case.

[mb*]

they didnt even acknowledge eachother before the attack. it didnt look like they did to me anyway.