NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- A teenage subway robber was killed after he became pinned under a train and made contact with the electrified third rail while fleeing NYPD officers at a Bronx station, police said.
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Three other male suspects in the robbery—ages 16, 17 and 18—were taken into police custody at the East 180th Street station in Van Nest, according to police, who said a Taser was used on one of the suspects and a cop was injured during the arrests.
The NYPD received a call just after 5:30 a.m. about a 46-year-old man being robbed at gunpoint on a northbound 2 train at the 174th Street station.
The train was subsequently held at the East 180th Street stop, where the four robbers, two of them possibly armed with guns, fled the train towards the 5 line, police said.
Responding transit officers were able to place three of the teens into custody, but the fourth attempted to evade cops by jumping between two train cars, according to police.
He became pinned underneath the train, and when he tried to remove himself, he made contact with the third rail and was apparently electrocuted.
He was pronounced dead at the scene and has not been identified.
The teen suspect who was tased was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in stable condition.
One officer suffered a knee injury during the incident, although it wasn't immediately clear if the cop was taken to a hospital.
It wasn't immediately clear if the 46-year-old man was injured, or what exactly was stolen, in the initial robbery.
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