Authorities said on Tuesday that a man suspected in the deadly weekend shooting of a New York City subway passenger, less than two months after a mass shooting on the system, was detained and charged with second-degree murder and second-degree illegal possession of a firearm.
Andrew Abdullah, 25, was detained at his lawyer's office for the death of Brooklyn resident Daniel Enriquez, 48, who was tragically shot in the chest while riding in a subway vehicle on Sunday morning, according to Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.
Subway Shooting Suspect Andrew Abdullah Now in Police Custody
Abdullah was characterized as a gang member and serial offender with a criminal history extending back to 2016, including charges of felony assault, robbery, attempted murder, and an unsolved gun charge. He received a 30-month sentence for attempted murder in May 2017, and was released from jail in June 2019 and from parole in June 2021, according to NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig.
Reuters captured Abdullah in handcuffs coming into the NYPD's 5th Precinct station, escorted by a police detective. According to Sewell, law enforcement was able to find the culprit through police canvassing, community participation, and social media outreach.
Essig said a 9-millimeter round casing discharged from a Ruger pistol was located at the site. The pistol, which was taken in Hampton, Virginia in 2019, was subsequently given at random to a homeless man, who officials questioned, he said. Enriquez, a Goldman Sachs employee, was taking a train across a bridge from Brooklyn into lower Manhattan when he was shot without provocation. At Bellevue Hospital, he was pronounced deceased, according to Reuters via MSN.
Family members of the murdered Goldman Sachs employee slammed the city, claiming officials failed to keep them secure. Abdullah, who has been detained at least 19 times since 2015, has not been formally charged in connection with the incident, but will almost certainly face murder charges.
The incident was unprovoked, according to officials, and occurred as a Q train crossed the Manhattan Bridge on its way to the Canal Street stop. Witnesses said the gunman paced around the car before pulling out a revolver and killing Enriquez in the chest.
NYPD Previously Release Abdullah After Changing His Appearance
According to law authorities, the gunman then exited the train, handing his revolver to a homeless guy who destroyed it before it was collected by police for testing. Police have stated that they will continue to send personnel to safeguard the city's vast subway system, as per Independent.
According to NYPD spokesperson John Miller, detectives stopped Abdullah as he departed the station but let him go because he had changed his look and did not meet the description of the shooter. Following the needless killing, Enriquez's family lashed out at City Hall for rampant crime in the five boroughs and the New York City subway system.
Abdullah escaped the Canal Street station following the incident and was wanted by authorities. He was released following a stolen automobile bust in April, despite Brooklyn prosecutors' request that he be kept on a $15,000 bond.
Adam Pollack, Enriquez's live-in boyfriend, told The Post on Monday that Enriquez had just lately begun riding the subway to work owing to an increase in Uber cost. Pollack, 54, said his 18-year partner commuted to his work at Goldman Sachs four days a week and loved to go into Manhattan on Sundays for breakfast and to shoot pool with pals at a nearby watering hole. According to police officials, examinations of that pistol positively confirmed it as the weapon that killed Enriquez on the metro train on Tuesday, New York Post reported.
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