Traffic & Transit

Box Cutter Wielder Shouts Racist Slurs & Threats On C Train: Cops

Cops are looking for a Brooklyn straphanger who threatened to cut fellow riders on a Bed-Stuy C train.

Cops are looking for a Brooklyn straphanger who threatened to cut fellow riders on a Bed-Stuy C train.
Cops are looking for a Brooklyn straphanger who threatened to cut fellow riders on a Bed-Stuy C train. (NYPD)

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A straphanger with a box cutter shouted racist slurs and threatened to cut fellow Brooklyn C train passengers, police said.

Police released photos Tuesday of the furious man caught menacing subway riders on a northbound C train in Bed-Stuy noon Saturday.

He jumped off the train at the Kingston-Throop Avenues station, police said.

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Police describe the box cutter-wielding man as being in his 40s, standing about 5-foot 9-inches tall and last seen wearing a t-shirt with the words "SOHO HVAC" written on the front.

Anyone with information about where to find this man is asked to contact police.

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