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Reaper Slashes 6 Train Rider on Halloween
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Jen Chung
Published Nov 2, 2008
Modified Nov 2, 2008
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The NY Post reported that on Friday night, a man dressed as the Grim Reaper slashed a tourist from New Hampshire on a 6 train. Around 9 p.m. near East 59th Street, Ismael Guevera allegedly "shoved a fake sickle in" Lee Dutton's "girlfriend's face". Dutton told him, "You don't need to be doing this," prompting Guevera to take out a boxcutter and slash Dutton's neck, just missing his jugular vein. Guevera also allegedly yelled, "Who's next? Who wants to start s--- next?" Dutton and his girlfriend got out at 68th Street, and Guevera was arrested at 96th Street. Dutton told the Post, "His intentions were definitely there, he just didn't succeed too well."
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