After getting into a fight on the streets of Harlem, a 15-year-old boy was charged with the murder of a 14-year-old drill rapper on a NYC subway.
Around 3 p.m. on Saturday, police discovered Ethan Reyes, a budding rapper also known as “Notti Osama,” on the platform of the northbound 1 line at the 137th Street-City College station with an abdominal knife wound.
He was taken in an emergency to Mount Sinai St. Luke’s, where doctors later declared him dead. Police withheld the young suspect’s identity from the general public because he or she is still a minor.
According to the New York Post, he was transferred to New York Presbyterian Hospital where he is receiving treatment for stab wounds.
As of Sunday, no further updates on his condition have been released. DailyMail.com has contacted the NYPD for comment.
According to the New York Post, the two pals had a long-running argument prior to the deadly stabbing. It’s still unclear what exactly caused the argument.
Prior to being stabbed by the suspect, Reyes had earlier shoved the other youngster into the tracks of the Harlem subway station.
According to authorities, he made an attempt to flee but gave up and ran up the stairs of the MTA subway station.
How the suspect managed to get back onto the subway station from the tracks is still a mystery.
Police later removed a knife and a broomstick from the scene, and video of the horrific incident shows “clear visuals” of what happened.
The surveillance film, which has not been made publicly available, also played a significant role in the identification of the culprit.
Police didn’t identify Reyes until Sunday, one day after the murder.
According to neighbors who talked to The Post, his family had only recently relocated from Yonkers to Manhattan.
The Post stated that Reyes would frequently play loud music inside his family’s home, blasting tunes late at night and early in the morning. Reyes also has a brother who wants to be a rapper.
Additionally, neighbors told the media site that they repeatedly called the police to complain about the teen’s disturbance.
‘We thank NYPD detectives, with whom we cooperated, for the rapid arrest of a suspect,’ Richard Davey, MTA NYC transit president, said in a statement released on Sunday.
‘That he and the victim are said to have known each other further underscores the senseless nature of this tragic incident,’ he added.
In February, Mayor Eric Adams urged users of Twitter and Instagram to remove rap videos that he claimed encouraged gun violence by using the verb “drill” to fight or counterattack.
The president stated on Friday during a press conference that “We removed Trump off Twitter because of what he was spouting.” “Yet we permit music, gun displays, and acts of violence.” We’re letting it remain on these websites.
He was made aware of the drill rap videos, which, in his opinion, promote killing, by his son Jordan Coleman, a Jay-Z employee.
Autotuned vocals and themes of violence, murder, and death are typical in drill rap.
Adams stated that in order to press for the videos to be taken down, he wanted to meet with well-known rappers and executives from the social media firms.
The music and the videos, according to the mayor, “cause the loss of lives of young people like them.”
He responded, “You have a civic and corporate obligation.”
We are concerned about how social media is being used to significantly spread this violence in our communities.
This is a factor in the violence that we are experiencing nationwide. One of the rivers that needs to be dammed.
Violent crime has become endemic on New York City’s transport system in 2022.
In comparison to the same period last year, rape and robbery have increased by more than 50%, according to data from the Metropolitan Transit Authority.
Grand larceny is up more than 97%, while criminal assaults are up more than 15%.
Despite a rise in crime, there has been an almost 35% increase in subway riders since this time last year.
The NYPD said in June that 100 covert cameras would be mounted on city subway vehicles.
The cameras will be used as a backup to assist investigators in gathering evidence even if they are not monitored and do not communicate in real time.