A “serial criminal” migrant has been charged with second-degree murder after an elderly US Air Force veteran and recent survivor of cancer was randomly shoved onto New York subway tracks and died.
On March 8, Bairon Posda-Hernandez, 34, a Honduran national, allegedly shoved Richard Williams, 83, onto the Lexington Avenue-63 Street subway tracks in Manhattan.
Jhon Pena, 30, who was also allegedly pushed, despite his own injuries, pulled himself and Willimas off the tracks just before the train arrived, according to FOX News Digital.
Williams passed away March 17 in an area hospital. after he did not regain brain activity following surgery for the brain bleed doctors.
His death has been ruled a homicide.
The victim was a grandfather and retired Air Force pilot who, according to his daughter, recently survived a five-year battle with prostate cancer.
After Williams’ death, authorities upgraded Hernandez’s charges to second-degree murder, District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday. He was originally charged on March 10 with attempted murder, attempted assault, assault and reckless endangerment, according to Newsweek.
Posda-Hernandez has reportedly been deported from the US four times. He has a long history of arrests, including simple assault, domestic violence, obstruction of police, possession of a weapon, drug possession and aggravated assault; a total of 15 charges, according to FOX.
“Bairon Posada-Hernandez is a serial criminal and four-time deported illegal alien from Honduras who should never have been able to walk our streets and harm innocent Americans,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis.
Newsweek reported that the Senate’s Special Committee on Aging, chaired by Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott, also commented on the death of Williams.
“Richard Williams selflessly served our country, and he died at the hands of an illegal alien who NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE,” as seen on a Thursday X post.
“This should NEVER HAPPEN. This isn’t what he served for.”
Hernandez’s arraignment is set for March 30, according to The New York Post.
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[Feature Photo: US Department of Homeland]