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Graffiti Artist Killed By D Train

An unidentified graffiti artist was killed around 5 a.m. this morning by a D train at the N/R station at 59th Street in Brooklyn. Police have not yet released the 20-year-old victim's name, but sources tell the Daily News he was walking on the tracks when he was hit by the Manhattan-bound train. According to transit officials, the motorman saw the man walking on the tracks but wasn't able to stop in time. Cans of spray paint were found near his body, but WPIX reports that "it wasn't immediately clear if he was in the process of vandalizing the tunnel or had just finished."

After the incident, R service in Brooklyn was suspended for nearly two hours during the morning rush hour commute, while N service was also diverted on the D line.

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  • HonestHumanBeing

    Good riddance! Fucked up or not, I don't give a shit what you say. People who destroy - yes DESTROY - public property or in my own experience PRIVATE PROPERTY deserve to FUCKING DIE. May he be the first of many PIECES OF SHIT graffiti "artists" to die.

    CALLING GRAFFITI A FORM OF "ART" IS A FUCKING RORT. BE FUCKING ASHAMED. DO YOU LIKE REPLACING WINDOWS THAT HAVE BEEN DESTROYED BY GRAFFITI "ARTISTS" SCRATCHING AT THEM WITH A ROCK? FUCK YOU IF YOU DO, YOU'RE NO BETTER. GO FUCKING DIE YOURSELF.

  • Ted Nuggent

    It's astonishing how many of you so called "elitists of society" are so quick to judge, pick and chew at this kid...As one who wrecks trains as consistently as you sad fucks eat, sleep, and shit, you'll truly never know how much our breed just doesn't give a fuck...continue laughing at the demise of others as we continue to send your transit into a slumber...God forbid graff rattles your mind and through lack of understanding pisses you off in time for your weak ass drone job stackin cash just to watch life pass...

    Good evening bitches....

    and R.I.P. young graff head... atleast you surpassed meeting all these pathetic self absorbed cunts...

  • HonestHumanBeing

    LOL, nice ENGRISH you lowlife piece of trash. That you think your graffiti surpasses anything demonstrates your sheer lack of intelligence. Please get hit by a car and die painfully tortured. Thank you.

    I hope you and your failed trash family all die in a fire.

  • Saying someone deserves death over vandalize is fucked up.

  • HonestHumanBeing

    A worthless piece of shit whose only contribution to the society they were raised in is to destroy public and private property does not deserve to die? Fuck you Daniel Mendes.

    The world would be a much better place if all worthless low lives were executed. How dare you say otherwise. There is no room for compassion or empathy when dealing with the scum of our society. That you think otherwise is evidence to a point you would put the good of us all below the preservation of worthless scum. How fucking dare you.

  •  you guys are fucked up 

  • OvaltineJenkins

    Does his girlfriend need any...ahem....."consoling"? Heh heh heh.

  • People make mistakes. He shouldnt of been in there doing what he was doing but that is no reason to write such disparaging comments. Nobody in the world is perfect. Graffiti is a petty crime. Honestly unless You are a perfect person and have never done anything "wrong" in your life you do not have the right to sit on a high horse and judge others.

  • OvaltineJenkins

     He shouldn't "have" been........not shouldn't "of" been. Geez.

  • FU Boy

    The thing about sitting on a high horse is that the horse'll just lay down after a quick snack.  

  • ems was called and took the train away....lol

  • fosiacat

    99% of the people here lauding this kids death by train are the same white knights shouting
    "I WON'T PRAISE THE DEATH OF BIN LADEN I DON'T THINK ANYONE DYING IS SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT IM SO PROGRESSIVE OH LOOK AT ME"

  •  dumb, not true.. i feel that its fucked up this kid died so young probably doing something hes passionate about & im not "happy" about Osama because i dont think he is who we should be afraid of or who is actually "responsible" for 9/11

  • TheOtherBob

    Well...I'm not sure that holds.  I think the people upset about the bin Laden cheering were probably left-leaning, and the people cheering here are probably right-leaning.  So probably not the SAME people.  (No evidence of that, of course -- just my sense.)

    That's not to say that cheering either death is necessarily a good or bad thing -- just that everyone's probably consistent in their position, for better or worse. 

  • Right??  There are so many other articles to go be snarky about, why personally attack this kid. 

  • FreeDumb1

    Keep on rockin in the Free world!!

  • wow. i knew that this hipster news blog was full of assholes, i just had no idea how many...

  • Sweetadz

     I wonder how cool everyone will think I am if I write the snarkiest comment about a 20-yr-old's accidental death?!  I'm gonna win the big prize for compassion.

  • Guest

    I think you should get a prize for making the snarkiest comment about making snarky comments.

  • HypocraticOath

    What is the prize? Is it candy?

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