On Friday, Feb. 12, homeless man Rigoberto Lopez boarded the Manhattan-bound A train. Over the next 14 hours, two homeless people were found murdered in their sleep, and another two were severely injured from multiple stab wounds. Quickly nicknamed “The A-Train Ripper,” Lopez also managed to leave the entire city terrified — a feat I didn’t think possible given how completely numb we’ve become to the daily reports of daylight shootings, slashings, and straphangers being pushed onto subway lines.
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