The Generation, Yeat 01, Issue 11
THE BRONX: An NYPD lieutenant was assaulted as officers tried to clear a train in the Bronx during an argument Saturday, according to police.
Suspects Marquise Webb and Brian Innocent, both 24, were arrested for the alleged beating of the NYPD lieutenant that began after officers ordered the pair to get off a subway car at the 238th Street station in the Bronx after 9 p.m., police and law enforcement sources said. Officers were responding to a radio call about a dispute over a knife around 9:45 p.m. at the 238th Street station, police said. An MTA conductor told police that four men on one of the trains were possibly armed with a knife, according to authorities.
One of the groups left the train at 231st Street, police said. While officers were clearing the trains at 238th Street, the lieutenant was punched by two men, according to authorities.
Police said the suspects ran onto to tracks to try to flee. Officers were able to catch up to the two and arrest them, according to authorities. They had a knife, box cutter and straight razor on them, police said. The lieutenant was brought to St. Barnabas for lacerations, according to authorities.
Source: PIX11
