Dispute ends in deadly stabbing on MTA shuttle bus in Brooklyn, police say
CYPRESS HILLS, Brooklyn (WABC) -- A man was killed in a stabbing after a dispute on an MTA shuttle bus in Brooklyn on Sunday.
Police say it happened on the J90 shuttle on Etna Street and Crescent Street in Cypress Hills just before 2 p.m.
A 41-year-old man was stabbed in the abdomen and was taken to Brookdale Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police have been going through cameras from the bus to find the suspect -- and a motive.
"You got cameras everywhere. You got to be out of your mind to do something like that. And then for Mother's Day?" said Hatuey Fana.
A camera on a nearby home captured the sirens wailing when the stabbing occurred. Neighbors were also heard screaming.
"It was just like screams. Like very loud. Like if you hear it, you would obviously want to know what happened," said Julia Vargas.
12-year-old Julia peeked out and saw an ambulance rushing away from the stopped bus with a patient inside. On Sunday night, they were still looking for the man who stabbed him once in the abdomen and fled.
"Unbelievable. I didn't expect this on a Sunday. Rare you see that," said Mitchell Tollentino.
The bus that became a crime scene was a J90 shuttle bus, replacing the J train on weekends. Esmeralda Ortiz says she usually chooses the bus over the train because it feels safer.
"But now, no -- I'm scared to take the bus because you never know, like what can happen. And I'm with my two kids by myself. I feel like it's not safe," Ortiz said.
Those who do ride the bus wonder if the victim and attacker knew each other -- or if someone picked a fight.
"It wasn't something like, you know, the guy was looking for him. No They had something in the bus and then, you know, they started arguing and someone pulled out a knife and stabbed the guy. I don't think he was looking for him to do it in the bus. I doubt it," Fana added.
Police still have not determined what the argument was about, or whether the two people knew each other. They have also yet to release a description or video of who they are looking for.
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