NYC Police Negotiate Surrender of Subway Murderer

Police of New York is negotiating with a mediator the delivery of a person he suspects could be the murderer of a 48-year-old man, last Sunday, in a city subway car, according to local media that had previously reported that the suspect was in police custody .

Police officers are trying to get the shooting suspect, identified as Andrew Abdullah25, surrender to the agents, assured the NY1 television channel, which minutes before had disclosed that the alleged perpetrator of the shot had been arrested and was being interrogated.

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Likewise, the local newspaper Daily News assured that a clergyman was negotiating the surrender of the suspectaccording to police sources who had previously said he was in custody.

The suspect opened fire on Daniel Enríquez “arbitrarily” when he was on board a trainaround 11:45 local time (15:45 GMT) on Sunday, moments before the train arrived at the Canal Street station, police sources told the New York Post.

After being shot in the chest, the victim was rushed to hospital, where she later died.

Witnesses indicate that “the suspect was walking from one side to the other in the same train car and, unprovoked, pulled out a gun and shot the victim at point-blank range”, said the department head of the new york policeKenneth Corey.

The incident comes six weeks after another shooting on the subway in New York, this time in the county of Brooklyn, in which 10 people had to be treated for gunshot wounds and another 13 for smoke inhalation, since the attacker threw a smoke bomb into the car before opening fire blindly. The perpetrator, Frank James, was arrested a day later.

New York is registering a notable increase in crime and, last February, official figures indicated an increase of almost 60% compared to the same month of the previous year.

Despite the fact that in 2021 the level of passengers fell due to the pandemic, the rate of violent crimes, such as robberies and assaults, was significantly higher than in 2019 and criminal attacks increased almost 25%, according to The New York Times.

Pushing the tracks and suicides are also worrying, which is why the city will allocate 100 million dollars to put up barriers on the platforms of some stations by 2024.

Source: Elcomercio

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