Former Marine faces no charges after he put a New York subway passenger in a headlock before he died
Former Marine, 24, will not face charges for headlocking erratic NYC subway passenger who threatened passengers before passing out and dying in hospital
- A fight broke out at Broadway-Lafayette station when a 30-year-old passenger menacedly entered the subway
- A former Marine, 24, then placed him in a headlock until he was unconscious
- The man later died in hospital – the former Queens marine is not being prosecuted
A 24-year-old ex-Marine who put an erratic New York subway passenger in a headlock before he later died has not been charged, police say.
The fight broke out Monday afternoon at Broadway-Lafayette station when a 30-year-old man entered the subway and began threatening passengers.
Witnesses said he behaved in a “hostile and erratic manner” before the younger man put him in a headlock and held him there until he was unconscious.
The younger man was arrested after the fight and the older man was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
A 24-year-old ex-Marine who headlocked an erratic New York subway passenger who later died faces no charges, police say
The fight took place just before 2:30 p.m. on the northbound F train platform at Broadway-Lafayette station in midtown Manhattan.
The incident happened just before 2:30 p.m. on the northbound F train platform at Broadway-Lafayette station in midtown Manhattan.
The 30-year-old boarded the northbound train and reportedly began yelling and throwing garbage at other commuters, leading to an argument with the former Marine, who NY daily news was reported from Queens.
The other passenger then intervened by holding the other man in a headlock until he was unconscious, police said. When an EMS team boarded the train, which remained on the platform, they were unable to revive him.
Police chose not to identify the 24-year-old man, who was released without charge on Tuesday.
The deceased man has also not been identified because the police are still informing his family.
In a separate incident in April, the prosecution turned back by saying it would not press charges against a garage guard who shot a suspected thief with his own gun. Pictured is the downtown parking garage on West 31st Street where the shooting took place
The decision not to charge the younger man echoes recent decisions by Manhattan DA, Alvin Bragg.
In April, his office reversed its policy by saying it would not press charges against a garage guard who shot a suspected thief with his own gun.
The garage clerk himself was shot twice by the alleged thief before he struggled for the same gun and fired back.
Both were initially charged with attempted murder, assault and firearms before the OM changed its position.
Bragg’s office said at the time it would dismiss the case “pending further investigation.”