Rhamell Burke charged with murder in Chelsea subway shoving death
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Updated · WABC-TV · May 9
Rhamell Burke charged with murder in Chelsea subway shoving death
5 articles · Updated · WABC-TV · May 9
Police said Burke, 32, pushed 76-year-old Ross Falzone down stairs at the 18th Street station in Manhattan on Thursday night; Falzone died at Bellevue Hospital early Friday.
Investigators said the attack appeared unprovoked and that Burke had been taken to Bellevue for psychiatric evaluation hours earlier after acting erratically outside the 17th Precinct, then released.
Burke was arrested at Penn Station on Friday afternoon. Police said he had four prior arrests since February, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani ordered a review of Bellevue's evaluation and discharge protocols.
A hospital freed him hours before a fatal subway shove. Are new city safety protocols already failing New Yorkers?
Released from a psych ward, a man kills hours later. Can new hospital safety rules prevent the next tragedy?
He was evaluated by police and doctors, then killed someone. Where did the system break down so completely?