Traffic & Transit

Brooklyn Woman Charged For Fatal Subway Face Stabbing: Police

Mia Simmons stands accused of killing Latanya Watson in the Sutter Avenue 3 train station Monday night, police said.

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — A Brooklyn woman faces manslaughter charges for stabbing another woman to death inside a Brownsville subway station Monday evening, police said.

Mia Simmons, 20, stands accused of stabbing 30-year-old Latanya Watson in the face, neck and arm inside the Sutter Avenue 3 train station mezzanine on Rutland Road and East 98th Street just before 9:20 p.m., said police.

Emergency responders rushed Watson to Brookdale Hospital but doctors were unable to save her life, police said.

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Police announced Tuesday evening that Simmons, of Brownsville, had been arrested on manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon charges.

Information about when and where Simmons would be arraigned was not immediately available.

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