NY Man Ryan Devaney Jumps in Front of Subway Train After Stabbing Parents, Say Police
NEW YORK (CBS/WCBS/AP) Police said 31-year-old Ryan Devaney leapt in front of a New York City subway train during the morning rush hour Monday after stabbing his parents in their Brooklyn home.
Devaney, who was hospitalized in serious condition, is facing murder and attempted murder charges, police said. His parents were found on the front porch of their Brooklyn home. The mother died at a hospital and the father was listed in critical condition.
Police received an emergency call from a neighbor saying someone was injured and bleeding at the stately brick home in the Windsor Terrace neighborhood, located close to Prospect Park. When they arrived, they found Margaret Devaney, 57, stabbed in the eye and abdomen. Raymond Devaney, 70, had been stabbed in the throat.
Police said Margaret Devaney went out the front door covered in blood and called out to her neighbor, who came outside and saw the couple collapsed on the porch.
According to police, neighbors said they saw Ryan Devaney walking quickly from the home, his hands covered in blood. He told one passer-by that he had "done something bad," according to police, as he made his way to the subway station at 15th Street and Prospect Park West, where he jumped onto the tracks and was hit by a "G'' train during the morning rush hour.
Police believe Devaney was trying to kill himself. Witnesses told police they saw a burst of feathers from his down jacket above the tracks.
According to CBS affiliate WCBS, Devaney had a history of mental illness along with arrests on robbery and grand larceny charges, and there were prior restraining orders against him preventing him from seeing his father, police said. Authorities were called to the home at least nine times this year, with Devaney being hospitalized afterward several times.
There also were seven domestic incident reports taken at the home, though it was unclear who was accused of being the aggressor. It's also unclear if anyone else lived at the home.