Police recommended Theodore Ellis be charged with assault and reckless endangerment, the NYPD said, though it’s unclear what charges he will ultimately face when the Bronx District Attorney’s Office gets the case.
The incident took place at about 4:40 p.m. at the Westchester Avenue/Jackson Avenue subway station, police said. Video released by police shows a man, alleged to be Ellis, grab a woman and throw her down onto the subway platform so forcefully that she falls over the edge of the platform and onto the tracks. The man in the video then walks out of view of the camera and across the subway platform.
It is unclear if the two individuals knew each other.
The 52-year-old victim, who was not identified, was transported to a local hospital where she was recovering in stable condition, police said Tuesday.
CNN has reached out to the district attorney’s office for comment and the NYPD for more information about the incident. CNN has been unable to identify an attorney for Ellis at this time. The Legal Aid Society told CNN they are not currently representing Ellis.
Sunday’s attack is the latest in a series of incidents in which people have been pushed or fallen onto the New York City subway tracks this year.
In January, the head of the city transit agency urged riders to stay away from the edge of the subway platforms. “I don’t want to tell people that they should stand on subway platforms and feel like they’re, you know, in threat of their lives,” Metropolitan Transit Authority Chair and CEO Janno Lieber told CNN affiliate WABC. “But everybody should stand away from the edge of the platform.”
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