NYPD: Suspected Shoplifter Flees onto Subway Tracks, Fatally Hit by Train

A suspected shoplifter fleeing into a subway station wound up dead on the tracks when a train hit them, police said.

The person had stolen something from Metro PCS in Brooklyn, then ran into the Q-train Sheepstead station, police said. The person was walking on the tracks and was struck by a train. 

The person died at the scene. No further information was given. 

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