Queens subway rider stabbed for not giving suspect money: NYPD

QUEENS, N.Y. (PIX11) — A man is accused of stabbing a woman after she refused to give him money in a Queens subway station Sunday night, police said.

Randol Contreras, 24, allegedly stabbed the 23-year-old victim in the chest and abdomen with a knife at the mezzanine level in the Jamaica-Van Wyck subway station at around 8:30 p.m., according to the NYPD.

Contreras asked the woman for some cash and when she refused, they argued, police said. The suspect then allegedly attacked her.

Good Samaritans held Contreras at the scene until cops arrived, police said.

Contreras was arrested and charged with assault, attempted robbery, and criminal possession of a weapon. The suspect has no prior arrests and his arraignment was pending Monday.

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