NYC madman IDd after fatally stabbing straphanger during argument on rush-hour subway: cops

A shoeless madman was charged Thursday with murder for allegedly stabbing another straphanger to death in an unprovoked spurt of violence on a Queens train – as harrowing video of the bloody attack shows terrified riders scrambling off the subway car.Jyrell Thomas, 25, allegedly whipped out a knife and plunged it into Mesias Lojano, 59, without warning – stabbing him three times in the torso and once in the neck – on board the packed southbound J train approaching Woodhaven Boulevard around 5:20 p.m.Wednesday, police and sources said.The gravely wounded Lojano, of Ozone Park, was rushed to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, where he later died, police said.Disturbing video posted by a straphanger to Facebook shows panicked commuters frantically fleeing the rush-hour train – where a shoeless Thomas is seen knifing Lojano repeatedly while he’s on the ground of the subway car, near its doors.The victim tried to shield himself from the blade – with his hand covered in blood as the callous stabber pulled him by his hoodie out of the car, left him on the platform and then ran off.The knife-wielding attacker then rushed down the stairs of the elevated station – behind other commuters including a mother and child – as the witness filming the incident yelled in English and Spanish for someone to grab the weapon.A group of men, including the person filming, then ran after the suspect – who sprinted out into the street and finally perched himself on a garage roof, before police cuffed him.Thomas – a Bronx resident who did not know Lojano – was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon and hospitalized, according to police, though it was not clear why.The deadly violence initially appeared to have stemmed from a dispute, but police confirmed Thursday the attack was unprovoked.Thomas has one previous arrest from early September – for allegedly stealing $23 worth of merchandise from a Bronx Target store and then attempting to flee from cops, accordi...