{"id":114721,"date":"2025-08-03T04:25:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T04:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114721\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T04:25:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T04:25:31","slug":"man-killed-by-brooklyn-subway-train-during-fight-on-platform-was-aggressor-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/114721\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed by Brooklyn subway train during fight on platform was aggressor: police"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 31-year-old man <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2025\/07\/30\/man-fatally-struck-by-train-after-tumbling-onto-brooklyn-subway-tracks-during-fight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fatally struck by a Brooklyn subway train<\/a> as he fought with another straphanger on the platform had just been pulled off the train that killed him for harassing passengers, the Daily News has learned.<\/p>\n<p>The man he was fighting with had pulled him off the train and isn\u2019t facing any criminal charges, police sources said.<\/p>\n<p>The horror show unfurled inside the B\/Q\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mta.info\/maps\/subway-line-maps\/b-line\" data-mrf-link=\"https:\/\/www.mta.info\/maps\/subway-line-maps\/b-line\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prospect Park station<\/a> in Flatbush near the border of Crown Heights around 2:30 a.m. on Wednesday, cops said.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple witnesses told police that the deceased victim appeared intoxicated and was harassing other passengers when the man he later fought with pulled him out of the subway car.<\/p>\n<p>Outraged, the victim took a swing at the other straphanger, sparking a brawl.<\/p>\n<p>During the fight, the victim landed on the platform floor near the edge. He managed to get up, but stumbled toward the edge of the platform.<\/p>\n<p>As he stumbled, his head slammed into the departing train, cops said.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"The body of a man hit by a train is seen on the platform at the Prospect Park subway stop on July 30, 2025 in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\" width=\"6000\" height=\"768\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227696487b.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"8453893\" \/>The body of a man hit by a train is seen on the platform at the Prospect Park subway stop on July 30, 2025, in Brooklyn, New York. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The man died at the scene. His name was not immediately disclosed as cops track down family members.<\/p>\n<p>The man he was fighting with called 911 and remained at the scene, officials said. Cops interviewed him, then let him go without charges.<\/p>\n<p>An investigation into this matter was continuing, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Originally Published: August 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM EDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 31-year-old man fatally struck by a Brooklyn subway train as he fought with another straphanger on the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":114722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,2451,3059,5295,1370,728,405,403,5294,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,5293,5321,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-114721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-city","10":"tag-county","11":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-local-news","14":"tag-new-york","15":"tag-new-york-city","16":"tag-new-york-county","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkcity","20":"tag-ny","21":"tag-nyc","22":"tag-nyc-crime","23":"tag-sub-county-region","24":"tag-united-states","25":"tag-united-states-of-america","26":"tag-unitedstates","27":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","28":"tag-us","29":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114962938361224275","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}