NYPD reports the second subway system homicide of 2025

A man was found stabbed in the neck at a West Village Subway station earlier this month in an incident now being investigated as the second homicide in the city’s subway system this year.

Police said they found Vincent Norman, 50, unresponsive in the West Fourth Street train station with a stab wound to his neck at around 4:30 a.m. June 14. They said they transported the Jersey City man to a nearby hospital in critical condition, but he succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead at the hospital. The city medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide on Friday, according to police.

No arrests have been made as of Tuesday afternoon, police said, adding that no footage of the stabbing was available.

Police say the year's first subway killing happened in April, when a Bronx man stabbed a subway rider after a dispute.

The city has struggled with major crimes on the subway since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Ten subway homicides took place in 2024 — matching 2022, which had the highest number of subway killings since at least 1997, according to MTA and NYPD data. Repeated polls have shown New Yorkers remain worried about subway safety, with only about half saying they feel safe riding during the day — despite campaigns and stepped-up resources from public safety officials meant to allay those concerns, and drops in some crime categories.

Those worries have also been front and center for voters in NYC’s primary mayoral race, who went to the polls on Tuesday.

Overall, major crimes on the subway have declined just slightly since this time last year, according to the NYPD. Police reported 967 major crimes, with 288 of those being felony assaults, as of June 15. Over the same period last year, cops reported 991 major crimes, with 245 felony assaults.