Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr., announced the indictment of HECTOR DELEON, 51, for the unprovoked stabbing of seven individuals in Penn Station. DELEON is charged in a New York State Supreme Court indictment with seven counts of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, one count of Assault in the First Degree, six counts of Attempted Assault in the First Degree, and four counts of Assault in the Second Degree. [1]
“Hector Deleon is now indicted for this alleged unprovoked stabbing spree in the middle of Penn Station,” said District Attorney Bragg. “I am grateful to the good Samaritans who helped end this attack and the Amtrak police who safely apprehended the defendant when he attempted to flee. We will not accept this type of random violence anywhere in Manhattan.”
According to court documents and statements made on the record, on June 7, 2026, at approximately 7:00 p.m., DELEON entered the NJ Transit area of Penn Station at 31st Street and Seventh Avenue.
He allegedly took out a fixed blade knife and attacked an unidentified man, who was sitting on the floor. DELEON stabbed at his throat, and then stabbed at the chest of an unidentified woman.
DELEON then encountered a 60-year-old man and stabbed at his neck. The victim fought back and DELEON eventually stabbed him in the left temple, causing a traumatic brain injury.
DELEON then allegedly went down the escalator and stabbed a 36-year-old man in the neck, and then a 60-year-old man in the face.
DELEON continued going into the station, and stabbed a 42-year-old man in the throat. The victim fought off DELEON with a backpack, before DELEON approached a 30-year-old man and stabbed him twice in the left temple.
D.A. Bragg thanked Amtrak Investigators Alrazi Alli and Almedin Javorovac, and Amtrak Sergeant Sharon Patterson.
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