{"id":598786,"date":"2026-05-09T12:38:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598786"},"modified":"2026-05-09T12:38:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T12:38:11","slug":"psych-ward-maniac-behind-fatal-subway-shove-still-wearing-bellevue-bracelet-from-earlier-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=598786","title":{"rendered":"Psych ward maniac behind fatal subway shove still wearing Bellevue bracelet from earlier release"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Soft-on-crime policies spelled tragedy in Gotham as an elderly man was fatally injured on his way home mere hours after the alleged perpetrator was released from a psychiatric ward.<\/p>\n

\n(Video Credit: PIX11 News)<\/p>\n

Like other major cities entrusted to the care of delusional community organizers and social justice simpletons, New York City has continued to be plagued by violent crime under Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D). Now, with Mamdani having prioritized his socialist agenda rather than public safety, a retired school teacher was shoved down the subway stairs to his death hours after the alleged suspect had been taken into custody for his behavior outside a police station that prompted the designation as an \u201cemotionally disturbed person.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the New York Police Department, 32-year-old Rhamell Burke \u2014 who\u2019d been arrested four times since February \u2014 had been trailing behind 76-year-old Ross Falzone en route to the train station Thursday night when he allegedly closed the distance and shoved the man down the steps before fleeing the scene.<\/p>\n

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\"\ud83d\udea8\"\"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\" Ross Falzone was 76. A teacher. Loved the symphony.<\/p>\n

Randomly killed by a maniac released from Bellevue an hour after being committed, still wearing the hospital bracelet.<\/p>\n

Four prior arrests in four months.<\/p>\n

When does the city wake up? When does this finally stop?\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/Udx13cLJhH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The attack, which left Falzone unresponsive on the stairs with a traumatic brain injury as well as spine and rib fractures, took place only hours after Burke was arrested outside the NYPD 17th Precinct station house on East 51st St while \u201cacting erratically\u201d and wielding a stick that he dropped when ordered to by police.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis happens all the time,\u201d an NYPD official told<\/a> the New York Post while faulting the \u201ccomplete collapse\u201d of Mamdani\u2019s response to mental illness. \u201cWe brought him in at 3:30 p.m. and he was released just before 5 p.m. Meanwhile, if you or I walked into Bellevue for a headache, it would take 8 hours just to be seen. NYPD uses its involuntary removal powers all the time. And they just get right out with an Advil.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the alleged suspect\u2019s arrest, police brought him to the psychiatric ward at Bellevue Hospital and checked him in as an \u201cemotionally disturbed person,\u201d only for Burke to be released little more than an hour later. Hours after that, the attack on Falzone took place. The elderly man was transported to the same hospital his alleged attacker had been released from, only to succumb to his injuries before 3 a.m.<\/p>\n

Burke, whose list of previous arrests includes an alleged random attack on a Port Authority officer, was arrested once more Friday afternoon, a full day after his initial admission to Bellevue.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just a helpless old guy. What a cowardly and idiotic thing to do,\u201d Falzone\u2019s neighbor, Marc Stager, told the Post while suggesting the victim was most likely on his way home to his Upper West Side apartment.<\/p>\n

Reacting to the latest tragedy under his administration, Mamdani issued a statement that read in part, \u201cI am horrified by the killing of Ross Falzone and the circumstances that led to it. I extend my condolences to his loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNew Yorkers deserve answers,\u201d he continued. \u201cThat is why I\u2019ve directed NYC Health + Hospitals to conduct both an immediate investigation on what steps should have been taken to prevent this tragedy and a comprehensive review of their psychiatric evaluation and discharge protocols.\u201d<\/p>\n

In their own statement, the hospital system expressed, \u201cWe welcome this review, and we expect that it will find our care was appropriate. NYC Health + Hospitals\/Bellevue is justly nationally recognized for its services for complex patients and all New Yorkers without exception.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Soft-on-crime policies spelled tragedy in Gotham as an elderly man was fatally injured on his way home mere hours after the alleged perpetrator was released from a psychiatric ward. (Video Credit: PIX11 News) Like other major cities entrusted to the care of delusional community organizers and social justice simpletons, New York City has continued to… Continue reading Psych ward maniac behind fatal subway shove still wearing Bellevue bracelet from earlier release<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-598786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=598786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/598787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=598786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=598786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=598786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}