Man Arrested In Penn Station Homicide: Police

MIDTOWN MANHATTAN, NY — Police arrested a suspect in the death of a man who was shoved down a staircase in Penn Station earlier this month, authorities said Sunday.

Kariym Jackson, 39, who is homeless, has been charged with two counts of murder, as well as possession of a weapon and menacing, police said.

Around 11 p.m. on Aug. 4, the victim, who has not been publicly identified, was found unconscious and suffering from head trauma at the bottom of a staircase inside the station. Paramedics brought him to NYU Langone Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Police said the man had gotten into an argument with another man, before being "forced down the stairway," leaving him fatally injured.

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