Jason Sargeant indicted for attempted murder in Grand Central slashing rampage

A antheral who shouted “F— these people!” earlier allegedly stabbing 2 commuters astatine Grand Central Station connected Christmas Eve has been charged with attempted murder.

Jason Sargeant, 28, was indicted successful authorities Supreme Court connected Thursday for attempted murder, assault, attempted assault, and transgression possession of a limb for the rampage that wounded a 26-year-old pistillate and a 42-year-old man.

Witnesses heard Sargeant shriek “F— these people” earlier abruptly pulling the exigency brake connected an uptown No. 5 bid past entering the Grand Central-42nd St. subway station astir 10:10 p.m., constabulary and MTA officials said.

Sargeant rushed retired of the stalled bid car and without informing slashed the 42-year-old antheral successful his near wrist, cops said.

Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Anjali Puri said the unfortunate “was bleeding profusely connected scene” and “lost a important magnitude of blood” astatine Sargeant’s arraignment past month,

First responders applied a tourniquet earlier rushing him to Bellevue Hospital, wherever helium was treated for nervus and musculus damage, prosecutors said.

Straphangers “appeared to beryllium afraid” of Sargeant and steered wide of him arsenic helium fled up a formation of stairs, Puri added.

When helium reached the mezzanine level and exited a turnstile, helium lunged astatine a 26-year-old pistillate with his knife, punching her successful the look and cutting her cervix and throat, prosecutors said.

She suffered insignificant injuries and was taken to Bellevue Hospital.

Sargeant past rode an escalator to the concourse wherever MTA constabulary seized him and recovered a bloody weapon from his overgarment pocket, according to prosecutors.

Sargeant has been stateless since astatine slightest February, when helium made a GoFundMe post asking for donations truthful helium could determination retired of his shelter.

“I’ve been trying to get backmost connected my feet but with constricted occupation opportunities it’s been highly exhausting,” helium wrote successful his post. “Fortunately past week I recovered an accidental that tin perchance help. There is simply a country that I tin rent but I cannot spend the archetypal months deposit.”

Sargeant was hoping to rise $1,000 but nary 1 donated.