Penn Station stabbing victim slams Mamdani, DA Bragg for suspect being free on streets

A Penn Station stabbing victim is calling out New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg while recounting the "crazy" scene on "Fox & Friends.""I've got to blame the administration, starting with Mamdani and Bragg," victim Henry Obadiah said on Tuesday.The suspect, later identified as 51-year-old Hector Deleon, reportedly has a criminal history on "both sides of the river" in New York and New Jersey, according to local news reports.Bragg, however, told New York's FOX 5 that Deleon had no active cases in New York state and no criminal history in Manhattan for nearly 20 years.FIVE STABBED NEAR PENN STATION, LEAVING ONE SERIOUSLY INJURED AS INVESTIGATION CONTINUESPenn Station stabbing victim Henry Obadiah speaks on the June 9 episode of "Fox & Friends." (Fox & Friends)"I just saw an interview with Bragg, and he said that this guy doesn't have an arrest record in New York, so that's why he's out on the street," Obadiah said."But who cares? If he stabbed someone in New Jersey, why isn't this guy under arrest?"The New York Post reported on Deleon's "seven arrests going back to at least 2008," including those for "aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a weapon, use or possession of drugs, assault, domestic assault and criminal mischief."Deleon was out of jail despite an "eerily similar" stabbing that occurred in Newark, N.J., in 2022, according to the outlet.He was also taken into custody last May for narcotics, theft and assault, NBC 4 New York reported.First responders gather outside Penn Station in New York City after reports of a stabbing incident on June 7.
(Jeenah Moon/Reuters)Multiple people were stabbed and one suffered serious injuries in Sunday's incident in Midtown Manhattan, officials said.Obadiah recounted walking toward the Seventh Avenue exit when he witnessed a scuffle between two men and locked eyes with the suspect."I didn't think anything of it, walking toward the escalator, and I locked eyes with thi...