Luis Pallchisaca arrested in Queens subway stabbing of Roberto Gaspar on the Number 7 train in unprovoked random attack [PHOTOS]

Authorities arrested a 20-year-old man wanted in connection with a stabbing on a New York City subway train in Queens over the weekend.

Luis Pallchisaca, 21, of Queens, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with attempted murder and assault after allegedly stabbing a man'several times' on a northbound No. 7 train, according to ABC7NY.

According to the NYPD, Pallchisaca allegedly stabbed Gaspar in the neck and again in the back with a "unknown sharp object" before fleeing.

The victim is currently in the ICU at New York Presbyterian/Queens Hospital, where acquaintances say he requires a ventilator and is unable to communicate. 

The suspect is unknown to Gaspar, a Guatemalan immigrant who was on the way home from a grueling 10-hour shift at a Manhattan restaurant when he was knifed, according to friends.

‘I’m angry. He didn’t do anything wrong,’ Gaspar’s friend, Tomas Calel told the nypost in the days after the unprovoked attack. ‘I believe [the attacker] is a bad guy. Why did he do that? I want them to catch this guy.’

Luis Pallchisaca, 21, of Queens, was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon.

 

Gaspar was taken to New York Presbyterian/Queens Hospital and remains in critical condition hooked up to a ventilator.

Pallchisaca’s arraignment in Queens Criminal Court was pending Wednesday night.

No known motive for the ruthless attack was immediately known.