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Man In Custody For Questioning In Connection To Unprovoked Attack At Times Square Subway Station

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- Police have someone in custody for questioning after a woman was pushed onto subway tracks at a Times Square station.

Thirty-year-old Joshua Diaz was taken into custody Friday night for allegedly trespassing on a restricted catwalk at a subway station in the Bronx.

Subway Push Suspect
Police say this is the suspect who pushed a woman onto the subway tracks on Oct. 23, 2020. (credit: NYPD)

Police say he matches the description of a suspect who pushed a 28-year-old woman onto the tracks in Times Square on Friday.

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That woman was able to get off the tracks with only a minor hand injury.

So far, Diaz has not been charged in connection to the shoving incident.

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