New York City Mayor Eric Adams has reacted to Thursday’s rush-hour subway shooting; hizzoner says the suspect involved in the incident suffers from “severe mental health” issues.
“When I looked at this tape and broke it down piece by piece and frame by frame, it is clear that it personifies what our pursuit is involved around those with severe mental health illnesses,” he told NY1.
“And as the investigation unfolds, we’re going to see the nexus between the actions that took place there and the many of the random acts of violence that just unnerves New Yorkers.”
He went on to call the suspect one of “far too many people suffering severe mental health” problems in later remarks on PIX 11.
From The New York Post:
In fact, half of the nearly 40 perps busted for attacking MTA employees in the subway system last year had histories of mental illness.
Of the 38 people charged with 41 separate assaults on train drivers, conductors, token booth clerks, and other underground workers, 20 of them had at least five arrests to their names and documented psychological problems, a Post investigation found.
Even the woman who made headlines earlier this month when she was accused of whacking a cello performer over the head with a bottle was institutionalized several times, Adams said in his NY1 appearance.
There are “some real, severe mental health illnesses” driving these acts of violence that are making New Yorkers feel increasingly less safe on the transit system, he said.
More over at The New York Post:
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