Forty-three-year-old John Rote is below arrest after he allegedly fired two rounds at a person who was reportedly making an attempt to rob a lady on a Manhattan subway platform.
The New York Put up reported that the incident occurred Tuesday after Rote noticed 49-year-old Matthew Roesch allegedly maintain “the emergency gate open” solely to demand cash earlier than permitting a lady on the subway.
The Put up famous that police indicated that the lady tried to sidestep Roesch, who allegedly responded by getting instantly in entrance of her and saying, “In the event you don’t give me a greenback, I’m going to take your purse.”
After witnessing the incident, Rote screamed, “Get away from her!” He then fired two rounds down the platform.
FOX 5 ran a headline targeted on Rote, asking, “Subway vigilante or hero?”
A 71-year-old resident of Hell’s Kitchen spoke in help of Rote, saying, “I don’t assume it was an excessive amount of, although, since you don’t know what that particular person had that’s attacking that lady as a substitute of asking her, could I’ve a greenback or one thing like that.”
Rote has no felony historical past. He faces expenses that embrace “felony possession of a weapon and menacing.”
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