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Metro

Woman maces creep who tried to sit on her lap before stabbing her boyfriend on NYC subway

By
Kyle Schnitzer,
Joe Marino and
Tina Moore
Published Oct. 20, 2022
Updated Oct. 20, 2022, 11:10 p.m. ET

A creep attacked a couple on a Manhattan train, stabbing the man in the leg after bizarrely trying to sit on the woman — who maced him during the scuffle, according to cops and law enforcement sources.

The melee began at around 11 p.m. when the suspect boarded a No. 2 train heading north on the Upper West Side and encountered the couple, police said.

He tried to sit on the woman’s lap — and punched her 26-year-old boyfriend, Sammi Tovar, in the head, police sources said.

The attacker then pulled out a kitchen knife and tried to stab Tovar, who suffered wounds to his left leg and hand as he tried to deflect the blade, cops said.

During the dust-up, the woman stepped in to defend her boyfriend, and sprayed the assailant with mace on the train, according to sources and police.

Tovar told The Post Thursday his girlfriend saved his life when she jumped in with the mace.

“He showed no signs of stopping after getting my leg,” Tovar said. “He had this weird look in his eyes.”

An NYPD officer reviews a piece of clothing soaked in blood at the scene of the subway stabbing.
An NYPD officer reviews a piece of clothing soaked in blood at the scene of the subway stabbing. Christopher Sadowski
The victim’s girlfriend intervened during the stabbing and maced the suspect.
The victim’s girlfriend intervened during the stabbing and maced the suspect. Christopher Sadowski

Tovar, a nutritionist who has lived in the Big Apple for two months, said the confrontation began when the suspect invaded his girlfriend’s space “in a very explicit way.”

When Tovar grabbed the pole between the suspect and his partner, “it was ‘Boom!’ sucker punch,” said the Bronx resident.   

“I told him we weren’t looking for any trouble, to give her her space,” Tovar recounted. “But he was trying to escalate it. I grabbed the pole again and he walks around, comes back and squares up. So I squared up.

“I’m a boxer but the moment I squared up, he took something from his coat. He was showing it around the subway car like ‘oh look what I have here.’ He made a big display of it,” Tovar said in reference to the knife.

Tovar attempted to fend him off by kicking at his legs with his feet, but the perp “timed it just right and slashed me in the leg.”

The suspect apparently punched the 26-year-old before stabbing him with a kitchen knife.
The suspect apparently punched the 26-year-old before stabbing him with a kitchen knife. Christopher Sadowski
The victim endured stab wounds on his fingers and leg.
The victim endured stab wounds on his fingers and leg. Christopher Sadowski

The knife-wielding man fled at the West 72nd Street and Broadway station, and boarded a No. 1 train, cops said.

The victim was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in stable condition with stab wounds to the leg and fingers. His girlfriend was not physically injured.

No arrests have been made.

Tovar said he feels helpless about the surging crime while his girlfriend, who did not want to give her name, said she now doesn’t want to ride the train at all.

“You feel like there’s nothing you can do to change it,” Tovar said. “Like, sometimes you feel helpless, and it takes being attacked to have some voice at least temporarily.”