Woman charged with murder in NY subway shove death
NEW YORK (AP) - A woman accused of pushing a man to his death in front of a subway train was charged Saturday with murder as a hate crime.
Police arrested Erica Menendez on Saturday after a passer-by on a street noticed she resembled the woman seen in a surveillance video.
A spokeswoman for Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Menendez told authorities she hates Hindus and Muslims.
Subway shoving victim Sunando Sen was from India, but it's unclear if he was Muslim or Hindu.
Sen, who lived in Queens and ran a printing shop, was killed Thursday night. Witnesses said a muttering woman pushed him on the tracks as a 7 train entered a Queens station and then ran off.
Menendez was in custody Saturday and couldn't be reached for comment. It was unclear if she had an attorney.
It was unclear whether the woman who pushed Sen had any connection to him. Witnesses told police the two hadn't interacted on the platform as they waited for the 7 train, which runs between Manhattan and Queens.
Police released security camera video showing the woman running from the station where Sen was killed.
On Saturday, a passer-by noticed a woman who resembled the woman in the video and called 911l. Police responded and confirmed her identity and took her to a police station, where she made statements implicating herself in the crime, police spokesman Paul Browne said.
The attack was the second time this month that a man was pushed to his death in a city subway station. A homeless man was arrested in early December and accused of shoving a man in front of a train in Times Square. He claimed he acted in self-defense and is awaiting trial.
Police arrested Erica Menendez on Saturday after a passer-by on a street noticed she resembled the woman seen in a surveillance video.
A spokeswoman for Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown said Menendez told authorities she hates Hindus and Muslims.
Subway shoving victim Sunando Sen was from India, but it's unclear if he was Muslim or Hindu.
Sen, who lived in Queens and ran a printing shop, was killed Thursday night. Witnesses said a muttering woman pushed him on the tracks as a 7 train entered a Queens station and then ran off.
Menendez was in custody Saturday and couldn't be reached for comment. It was unclear if she had an attorney.
It was unclear whether the woman who pushed Sen had any connection to him. Witnesses told police the two hadn't interacted on the platform as they waited for the 7 train, which runs between Manhattan and Queens.
Police released security camera video showing the woman running from the station where Sen was killed.
On Saturday, a passer-by noticed a woman who resembled the woman in the video and called 911l. Police responded and confirmed her identity and took her to a police station, where she made statements implicating herself in the crime, police spokesman Paul Browne said.
The attack was the second time this month that a man was pushed to his death in a city subway station. A homeless man was arrested in early December and accused of shoving a man in front of a train in Times Square. He claimed he acted in self-defense and is awaiting trial.
The victim was Hindu and the woman has stated that she pushed him in front of the train because she hates Muslims and Hindus after what happened on 9/11. Good grief, this woman wasn't intelligent enough to distinguish between Hindus and Muslims and the fact that Hindus had nothing to do with 9/11. Wonder how many other prejudiced people in this country would fail this test question as well. There are many in this country that think if you wear a turbin that you are Muslim but Sikhs where them as well.Â
We need to ban trains. If there hadn't been trains these poor people would be alive. To bad she didn't commit suicide.
@The Resistance People already want to ban MAX because its viewed as the crime train. So the same people, like you, who say that guns don't kill people only people with guns do turn around and say MAX kills people not the people who ride MAX. The logical inconsistencies of you gun rights people are simply amazing and purely hypocritical.
@peckishpete --- well I guess my facetious statement was not wasted, which illustrates how silly the gun banning argument is. Thanks for giving me the expected response. Unless of course your response was meant tongue in cheek too. (See my statement else where on this site concerning knives and razors). Have a nice day.
Upon conviction, I think I know what sentence would be most fitting for her.
I'm afraid something as big as her might derail a subway train though..
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What the hell is wrong with people ?!?!?!?
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pure evil, she let the devil take control of her. now she must accept the consequences
If found guilty, throw her on the 3rd rail.
Fry her and make an example out of her!
throw her on the tracks
And, Of Course, she's ALREADY been in Psycho-Wacko treatment....
Good!