Committed: Woman Dies After Being Shoved Into Oncoming Train At Times Square Station

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— A woman died Saturday morning after a man pushed her in front of an oncoming Manhattan subway train, police confirmed.

A male suspect is in custody, WABC-TV reported.

The incident occurred shortly after 9:30 a.m. inside the Times Square-42nd Street subway station, WNBC reported.

The victim, who is Asian, was pronounced dead at the scene, and it was not immediately clear if the suspect and victim were known to one another, the TV station reported.

According to police, the suspect has four prior arrests, but the nature of those incidents was not released, WNBC reported.

Woman dies after being shoved into oncoming train at Times Square station

Police have not yet publicly identified the victim or suspect.

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Martial Simon was taken into custody following the fatal shove of a woman at a Times Square subway station on Saturday.

Simon has a criminal record that included an attempted robbery conviction. He served two years in state prison and was released in August 2021, state records show.

He was accused of entering a man’s car on Sixth Avenue and Waverly Place on Aug. 9, 2017, simulating he had a weapon and saying “I have a gun. Give me your cash!” according to sources.

The terrified driver fled.

Simon’s sister, Josette, said he has a history of mental illness.

“He’s been on medication for over 20 years and in and out of mental hospitals in New York,” the stunned sister said when reached by The Post.

She said her brother once managed a parking lot in the Big Apple “making good money.”

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, said he’s seen the suspect “many times”

“He will have a conversation and then all of a sudden he will have a psychotic disorder,” Sliwa said. “Again, an Asian gets pushed in front of a train. How many times does this have to happen? Asians are being attacked every which way.”

Wai Wah Chin, president of the Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York, called the incident “horrifying.”

“It’s a horrible attack on yet another one of our citizens. This has to stop,” she said. “We have to make the streets and subways safe for all of our citizens, especially our Asian women.”

Michael Alcazar, a retired NYPD detective, called the homeless and emotionally disturbed population in the subway system former Mayor de Blasio’s “gift” to his successor — who has pledged to clean up the subways.

“Why do taxpayers and law-abiding citizens have to put up with the crime and homeless people who dwell in the subway cars?’ said Alcazar, a professor at John Jay College. “This is the worst I’ve ever seen transit look in decades.”

Mayor Eric Adams arrived at the Times Square station around noon, went inside immediately and left without speaking to the press.

Terrified straphangers said the mayor has “a lot of work to do” to make the Big Apple safe again.

“It could have been me, it’s scary,” said Roxana Jones, 44, a home aide who lives in Brooklyn and was at the station Saturday afternoon.

Deranged man pushes Asian woman to death at Times Square subway station

A deranged man fatally pushed an Asian woman in front of an oncoming subway train Saturday morning in Times Square, police and sources said.

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[Sejanus]

Deranged alright.

 

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An unhinged homeless man admitted to shoving an Asian woman into an oncoming subway train in Times Square as he was marched out of a Midtown Manhattan police station to face a judge Saturday night.

“Go f— yourself,” Simon Martial, 61, yelled at reporters as he was escorted out of the Midtown South precinct wearing a white Tyvek suit, a cloth mask, slippers and a jacket.

When asked if he had killed Michelle Alyssa Go, a 40-year-old Upper West Side resident, Martial copped to the ghastly attack, and claimed he was “God.”

“Yeah because I’m God. Yes I did. I’m God, I can do it,” Martial shouted to a gaggle of reporters, adding “she stole my f—ing jacket, that’s why,” when asked about his motive.

The victim was waiting on the N/Q/R/W platform at 9:40 a.m. when the suspect shoved her onto the tracks as a southbound R train barreled into the station, officials said.

“This incident was unprovoked and the victim does not appear to have any interaction with the subject,” NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at an afternoon press conference.

Martial had initially approached another woman, who was not Asian, in the station, but the woman became alarmed and moved away, according to police.

“She feels that he was about to physically push her onto the train,” Assistant Chief Jason Wilcox of the NYPD Detective Bureau said. “As she’s walking away she witnesses the crime where he pushes our other victim in front of the train.”

Martial then took a train to Canal Street, where he turned himself in to transit officers 13 minutes after the attack, police said.

Unprovoked attacks on Asian Americans soared in New York City during the coronavirus pandemic amid anti-Chinese political rhetoric, and were up 368 percent in 2021, according to police data.

Many of the crimes occurred in the subway system, which city and state officials recently pledged to fill with expanded police presence and social service teams to combat rising crime and help shift homeless people living underground into shelters.

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“We had a robust plan for this station today. We had six officers assigned to it. There were two officers on the southbound platform to the southern end when this incident occurred,” Assistant NYPD Chief Kathleen O’Reilly said.

“Unfortunately these incidents do occur. They’re rare but this one is very harrowing and disturbing,” she said.

Community leaders said that even if Saturday’s fatal attack was not motivated by racial hatred, it added to a sense of palpable fear among Asian-Americans.

Some advocates said they also feared that hate criminals were emboldened by more forgiving law enforcement policies, including the state’s bail reform law and new lenient sentencing guidelines implemented by new Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg.

“People are afraid because we know [Bragg] is going to let violent criminals go free and Asians around the city will be the victims,” said Phil Wong, 55, a Queens businessman and political activist.

Bragg told reporters Saturday afternoon that New Yorkers would not have to worry about Martial — an ex-con who was released from state prison last year after a two-year stint for robbery — getting set free to allegedly kill again. He was charged with murder Saturday night, police said.

Unhinged homeless man Simon Martial admits to deadly Times Square subway shove, declares himself ‘God’

When asked if he had killed Michelle Alyssa Go, Simon Martial copped to the ghastly attack, and claimed he was “God.”

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[cubby]

I think the fact that she was Asian was coincidental, ti could have been anybody that let him get close enough to push them. Doesn't make the crime any less horrific, tho.

 

[Donut Whisperer]

I think the fact that she was Asian was coincidental, ti could have been anybody that let him get close enough to push them. Doesn't make the crime any less horrific, tho.

I agree. I think he wanted to go back home to his three hots and a cot prison life. I think the article said he’d turned himself in within 13 minutes? I hope this can be charged capital and this man goes to supermax with minimal human interaction for the rest of his useless life.

 

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The deranged ex-con accused of pushing straphanger Michelle Go to her death at a Times Square subway station begged a judge to send him to a mental hospital as he was arraigned on murder charges Wednesday.

Martial Simon, 61, mumbled incoherently during the virtual hearing from Bellevue Hospital, including telling the judge, “I gotta go to court.”

Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Paul McDonnell said he took Simon’s ramblings as a request to be sent “to a psychiatric facility” — but instead ordered a psychiatric evaluation.

Simon is accused of walking up behind Go on the platform at the Times Square subway station and pushing her into the path of an oncoming R train around 9:40 a.m. Saturday.

He has been held at Bellevue Hospital since.

Judge orders psych evaluation for Times Square subway shove suspect

The deranged ex-con accused of pushing straphanger Michelle Go to her death at a Times Square subway station begged a judge to send him a mental hospital.

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[Donut Whisperer]

He’s probably legitimately mentally ill, but I still want him to go to supermax and suffer. She only got to live half her life. He doesn’t deserve to be coddled.

 

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Simon Martial, the homeless man accused of killing Michelle Go, has been deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.

At the time of his arrest, Martial, 61, confessed to fatally shoving Go in front of an oncoming train in the Times Square subway station on Jan. 15. He said he did it “because I’m God.”

The suspect also claimed that Go “stole my f*cking jacket.” But investigators believe the incident was unprovoked and that the pair had no prior interaction.

Martial has reportedly been arrested 10 times since 1998. He was also briefly incarcerated after robbing a taxi driver in Greenwich Village in 2018.

Martial’s sister, Josette, told the New York Post that he has been diagnosed with schizophrenia, cycling in and out of mental hospitals for at least 20 years. His lawyer, H. Mitchell Schuman, told the New York Daily News that he has been hospitalized 24 times.

The assistant district attorney requested two weeks to review the mental health evaluation. Schuman reportedly expects the office to “confirm” the findings, which means Martial could be locked up in a mental health facility instead of jail.

The 61-year-old has reportedly been in Bellevue Hospital since his arrest. He was unable to appear in court on Tuesday.

Man who shoved Michelle Go to her death deemed unfit to stand trial

Simon Martial, the homeless man accused of killing Michelle Go, has been deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. Martial has reportedly been arres...

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April 20, 2022

Simon Martial, who was arrested in January, is accused of shoving MIchelle Go to her death in front of an oncoming train.

Martial will be sent to a psychiatric facility indefinitely.

He was previously found unfit to stand trial.

The Manhattan DA's office had requested to review the case.

Deadly subway shove suspect Simon Martial placed indefinitely in psychiatric facility

Martial, who was arrested in January, is accused of shoving MIchelle Go to her death in front of an oncoming train.

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