New York: They arrested the shooter who killed a man on the subway on Sunday

New York Police confirmed on Tuesday arrested the accused of the shooting of a 48-year-old man on Sunday in a city subway car.

In a brief message on their official Twitter account, Police explained that the suspect, identified as Andrew Abdullah |is 25 years old and in police custody.

Previously, some local media reported on his arrest and later determined that a clergyman was still talking about the surrender of the suspect, who entered the police station handcuffed and guarded by two agents.

Police recently released a photo of the suspect on social networks and requested the cooperation of the citizen for his arrest.

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The suspect fired this Sunday at noon, against Daniel Enriquez inadvertently, when he was riding in a car and shortly before the train arrived at the Canal Street station, police sources said.

After being shot in the chest, the victim was rushed to the hospital, where he also died.

“According to witnesses, the suspect was back and forth on the same train and, for no reason, pulled out a gun and shot the victim at point-blank range“, said the head of the New York police department, Kenneth Corey.

From the New York subway, at that time they warned of a reduction in the service of this line because of what happened.

“The N/Q train is running on the R line between DeKalb Av and Canal St in both directions, while the NYPD continues to conduct an investigation on Canal St,” they warned on their Twitter account.

They added: “Trains were delayed at Northbound N/Q while the NYPD was conducting an investigation on Canal St.”

The incident happened six weeks after another shooting on the New York subway, in that case in Brooklyn County, in which 10 people had to be treated for gunshot wounds and another 13 for smoke inhalation, because the attacker had thrown a smoke bomb at the car before. opening fire blindly. The author of the facts, Frank JamesHe was arrested a day later.

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

Despite the fact that in 2021 the level of passengers will fall due to the pandemic, the rate of violent crime, such as theft and assault, will be significantly higher than in 2019 and criminal attacks will increase. of nearly 25%, according to the New York Times.

The hustle and bustle and suicide are also worrying, which is why the city will allocate $ 100 million to put barriers on the platforms of some stations by 2024.

Source: agencies.