Man dies after brutal beating at Brooklyn's Jay St.-MetroTech station

"A man died Tuesday afternoon after he was brutally beaten at the Jay St.-MetroTech subway station in downtown Brooklyn, cops said. Police rushed to the scene near Lawrence Ave. and Willoughby St. around 3:07 p.m., where they found the unidentified victim unconscious and unresponsive. The man had been punched in the face and kicked in the head multiple times, suffering a skull fracture, according to police sources."

"The victim, who is believed to be in his 50s, had major head and body trauma and a "faint pulse," sources said. EMS transported him to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn Methodist, where he died. Police have not yet identified the victim. The suspect - described as wearing yellow shoes, black pants with yellow striping, blue loafers with blue socks and a dark shirt with white lettering, according to police sources - fled, and no arrest has been made."

"He was last seen boarding a Bronx-bound No. 2 train, police said. The investigation is ongoing. Transit crime in New York City so far this year is down 4.3%. Through Oct. 5, there have been 1,598 crimes in the transit system this year compared with 1,669 by the same point last year. The number of felony assaults within the transit system, meanwhile, has held steady so far this year compared with the same time last year, with 435 through Oct. 5, according to NYPD crime statistics."

An unidentified man believed to be in his 50s died after a violent assault at the Jay St.-MetroTech subway station in downtown Brooklyn. Police arrived around 3:07 p.m. and found the victim unconscious with major head and body trauma, including a skull fracture, after being punched and kicked multiple times. EMS transported him to New York-Presbyterian Hospital Brooklyn Methodist, where he died. The suspect fled and was last seen boarding a Bronx-bound No. 2 train; no arrest has been made. The suspect wore distinctive clothing. Through Oct. 5 there have been 1,598 transit crimes this year versus 1,669 last year, with 435 felony assaults recorded.

Read at New York Daily News