Gay Victim of Bronx Subway Stabbing Speaks Out, Suspect Arrested
stabbing of a 31-year-old man last week on a subway in the Bronx on the first day of Pride Month.Runadieo Jordan, 52, has been charged with assault as a hate crime, criminal possession of a weapon, and aggravated harassment as a hate crime, according to local TV station WNYW.Jordan allegedly attacked the Tavon Silver at 1 a.m.
last Wednesday because Silver was playing his music too loud. The attack occurred on a Wakefield-bound No. 2 train as it approached the Third Avenue–149th Street station. “Turn the music down, f****t!” Jordan allegedly yelled before he produced a blade and stabbed Silver in the wrist. “I think I have the feeling back in my fingers, like, you know, but I’m just happy to have my arms.
I mean, I’m happy to have my life,” Silver told WNYW.He said that he had been riding the train with his fiancé when Jordan yelled at them a couple of times.
When the train pulled into the station Jordan allegedly stabbed Silver in the arm.“Next thing I know, like, I had a hole in my arm.
