Bronx subway shooting suspects arrested

well three people are in custody wanted in connection to the murder of a man on a dra train in the Bronx all it happened as the train was pulling into a station in the forom height section Fox 5es Ashley Rodriguez Dr Live From The Scene Ashley this comes as crime is spiking on the subway oh absolutely Subway crime has shot up by 45% last month alone now the NYPD says they're down there they're arresting the bad guys it's the city's criminal justice system that keeps letting them go we have more

cameras than a last Vegas casino in the system the NYPD and MTA celebrating the arrest of three suspects they say shot 45-year-old William Alvarez on a dra train in the Bronx they say the suspects 24-year-old Justin herde 38-year-old Betty Cado and 42-year-old Alfredo Trinidad were all clearly caught on cameras Governor hokel has vowed to install them on every train and platform much to the appreciation of investigators let me stop by saying that January was a challenging month for us here in th

e transit Bureau crime was 45% higher this January compared to last year with Gran larsy being the main driver officers patrolling the trains recovered 17 guns in the last month that's triped the amount last year and they made more than 250 arrests for other weapons a 44% increase we've got individuals roaming the subway with guns with weapons our police officers are being assaulted so far this year seven MTA employees were assaulted four people who have 50 prior arrests amongst themselves have

been arrested 50 strikes seems like a lot of strikes and I just I have to say that you know we've got to do something to keep our people safe in response mayor Adams and NYPD commissioner Edward kaban are deploying upwards of a thousand officers in the subway system every day since February they say the surge is a similar strategy to how they reversed crime last year but the implication is to really keep the Subway Safe those in charge of sentencing recidivist criminals the state's legislators n

eed to get rid of bail reform laws we're making arrests at or near historic highs the question is why are we arresting certain people 50 times 100 times at what point is there going to be consequences so the NYPD says because of that latest surge of cops down below crime this month the first 3 weeks of February is actually down by 177% we'll send it back to you in the studio Ashley thank you well