83-year-old veteran dies after being shoved onto NYC subway tracks
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An 83-year-old veteran who was randomly pushed onto subway tracks in New York City by an illegal immigrant with a long criminal history died from his injuries, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.
Richard Williams, a retired Air Force pilot, said he and another man had been killed days earlier on Lexington Avenue-63. He died on March 17 after he was allegedly pushed onto the tracks at the Station.
The alleged attacker, Honduran national Bairon Hernandez, 34, was arrested on March 10 and charged with murder.
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Bairon Posada-Herandez, an illegal immigrant, is charged with murder for allegedly pushing 83-year-old Richard Williams and another man onto the Manhattan subway tracks. Williams died from his injuries days later. (Getty Images/Department of Homeland Security)
The other man, 30-year-old John Pena, helped Williams pull back onto the platform just before the train arrived at the station, the New York Post reported.
Williams, who was hospitalized after the attack, said that doctors said he had a brain hemorrhage and was taken into surgery. Doctors said there was no brain activity after the procedure.
Williams’ death was ruled a homicide.
“I want him to go to a Venezuelan prison, which is the worst place he can go,” his daughter Debbie Williams previously told the paper. “I want him to suffer for the rest of his life. Prison justice would be appropriate.”
He said his father recently won his five-year battle with prostate cancer six months ago.
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Bairon Hernandez, 34, was arrested March 10 and charged with murder. (NYPD)
Hernandez, whom the Department of Homeland Security calls a “serial criminal,” has been deported from the United States four times, the agency said.
“Bairon Posada-Herandez is a serial criminal and four-time deported illegal alien from Honduras who should not be able to walk our streets and harm innocent Americans,” said Deputy Secretary Lauren Bis.
Federal authorities are asking New York not to put Hernandez back on the streets. New York has adopted sanctuary policies that limit cooperation between local and federal authorities.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed a detention request for Hernandez. Fox News Digital reached out to Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office and the New York Public Defender’s office.
Bairon Hernandez, 34, was arrested March 10 and charged with murder. (WNYW)
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Hernandez’s criminal record includes 15 previous charges, including simple assault, domestic violence, obstructing police, weapon possession, drug possession and aggravated assault.
He first entered the country on January 2, 2008 and has been deported four different times, most recently in 2020. DHS said it was unclear when he re-entered the U.S. for the fifth time.
