A 20-year-old man was stabbed to death early this morning at the Livonia Ave. subway station, police said.
Gerlin Collando, of the East Village, got into an altercation with a group of men on the northbound platform when he was stabbed multiple times in the chest around 3 a.m.
He was pronounced dead on arrival at Brookdale Hospital.
The alleged attackers fled on a train, but police caught up with them at Sutter Avenue. Five people were taken into custody and charges are pending, Police Officer Martin Speechley, an NYPD spokesman said.
Unconfirmed news reports say the fight may have started after Collando was seen dancing with the girlfriend of an alleged attacker.
The attack comes just a day after news reports show, subway crime is again on the decline. February was on course to be the safest month for subway crime since data was first recorded 13 years ago.
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UPDATE: An 18-year-old was charged with manslaughter on Monday.
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