Jamar Banks, a man with a history of mental illness and 53 prior arrests, is wanted in connection with two subway stabbings in New York City. Police are urging extreme caution when encountering Banks, who is believed to be armed with a large knife.
A knife-wielding maniac with a history of mental illness and 53 prior arrests is wanted in connection with at least two stabbings in the subway this week. Cops searching for Jamar Banks were warned to use “extreme caution” when encountering him because he is believed to be armed with “a large knife,” according to a message sent to police officers and obtained by The Post. A surveillance photo allegedly shows Banks holding the knife in gloved hands.
“He has a very very lengthy arrest history,” a police source said. “It looks like he rides the rails back and forth.” Banks is wanted for allegedly approaching a 31-year-old man from behind on a 2 train at the Union Square station in Manhattan on Wednesday and starting an argument, before stabbing him in the back and running away. He’s also suspected of knifing an off-duty MTA cleaner in the back and armpit around 6 a.m. Thursday, after starting an argument with the victim on a northbound 5 train platform at the Pelham Bay station in the Bronx, police said.Both victims were taken to hospitals in stable condition. Banks’ rap sheet includes arrests for weapons possession, assault, criminal trespassing, turnstile jumping and petty larceny, the source said
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