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NYC subway rider, 30, dies after being put in headlock during outburst on train
A 30-year-old man was choked♏ to death on a Manhattan train Monday after he threatened straphangers, pol൩ice said.
Another subway riꦏder stepped in and put the man in a headlock when he began acting erratically and💃 making threats on the northbound F train just before 2:30 p.m., according to police.
The man lost consciousness.
EMS at the Broadway–Laﷺfayette Street/Bleecker Street station were unable to revive him, cops said.
What we know about NYC subway choking victim Jordan Neely
Who was Neely?
Jordan ⛎Neely, 30, a 🐼homeless man, was strangled aboard a northbound F train just before 2:30 p.m. May 1, according to police.
He reportedly started acting erratically on the train and harassing other passengers before being restrained and ultimately choked by a strꦍaphanger, identified as Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old former Marine from Queens.
Penny, who was seen on video applying the chokehold, was taken into custody and later released. He was eventually charged with second-degree manslaughter.
Why is there fallout over Neely’s death?
The city medical examiner ruled Neely’s death a homicide, noting he died due to “compression of neck (chokehold).”
Neely’s aunt told The Post that he became a “complete mess” following the brutal mu🐻rder of his mother in 2007. She noted he was schizophrenic and suffered from PTSD and depression.
“The whole system just f💃ailed him. He fell through the cracks of t𒆙he system,” Carolyn Neely said.
Who is Penny?
24-year-old former Marine Daniel Penny served as an infantry squad leader and an instructor in water survival while in the Marines Corps from 2📖017 to 2021, according to his online resume. Penny graduated from high school in West Islip, NY.
He surrendered to author🧜ities 11 days after he placed Neely in a fatal chokehold on an F train.
A 24-year-ol𝐆d man was taken into custody, polic🅠e said.
I🍌t was not immediately clear if h♛e would face charges.
The man who died had numerous prior arrests for offenses including assault, diso♍rderly conduct, and fare beating, law enforcement sources said.
