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Police in New York have arrested a man accused of slashing a passenger on the subway after spewing anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric at him, authorities say.  Milton Hamlin, 46, was arrested by New York

Police Department officials on Tuesday in connection with the incident that took place on Friday, the NYPD confirms with PEOPLE.  Authorities charged him with hate crime, assault, a menacing

hate crime and menacing, the NYPD said in a statement to PEOPLE. On Friday evening, Hamlin allegedly approached the victim on the subway and accosted him with bigoted statements, the

statement said. The two allegedly got into an argument before the attack, police said, CBS previously reported. Hamlin then allegedly slashed the victim, a 27-year-old, with a box cutter,

per police. The victim was taken to the hospital while the suspect remained on the train.  The incident took place as the train was approaching the 34th Street-Penn Station station in

Midtown Manhattan, one of the busiest in the city, according to police. By Monday, police were investigating the incident as a hate crime, CBS News reported. _WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST

CRIME COVERAGE? SIGN UP FOR_ PEOPLE'S _FREE TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTER FOR BREAKING CRIME NEWS, ONGOING TRIAL COVERAGE AND DETAILS OF INTRIGUING UNSOLVED CASES._ Authorities were not

immediately able to apprehend Hamlin and initially circulated his photo, asking for the public’s assistance, per the NYPD statement.  Plea information for Hamlin was not immediately

available. PEOPLE has reached out to a lawyer listed for Hamlin in online court records for further comment. Hamlin is scheduled to appear in court on Friday, online court records show.