NY Daily News
A
man was shot to death Sunday on a crowded Queens subway platform, in a
chaotic confrontation that’s captured on a shocking cell phone video
posted on social media.
Police believe the victim and other men were fighting on a Manhattan-bound No. 7 train when it pulled up to the platform at 90th St. and Elmhurst Ave. in Jackson Heights around 12:45 p.m.
The
melee spilled out onto the platform when the doors opened, and that’s
when one commuter starts recording with his cell phone camera.
“I thought they were fighting for no reason, as drunken people. I just kept taking video, and all of a sudden one person pulled out a gun and started shooting,” that commuter, Bidur Bista, told the Daily News.
The victim, believed to be in his 20s, was shot in the head and died on the scene, cops said.
Investigators
believe the shooter may have wrested the gun, a .22-caliber pistol,
from the victim during the struggle, then killed him with it, police
sources said.
NYPD Transit Chief Edward Delatorre said cops are still trying to sort out why the men were fighting and whether they knew each other before the melee.
"The New York City subway system remains incredibly safe for the millions of riders who use it every day, with an average of approximately one crime for every million riders per day,” Delatorre said Sunday.
Why the necessity to bring up that statistic? This guy emptied his clip and blew his head off on the busiest transit line in Queens in front of witnesses and a guy filming it on his phone.
The Bad Days are back.
NYPD Transit Chief Edward Delatorre said cops are still trying to sort out why the men were fighting and whether they knew each other before the melee.
"The New York City subway system remains incredibly safe for the millions of riders who use it every day, with an average of approximately one crime for every million riders per day,” Delatorre said Sunday.
Why the necessity to bring up that statistic? This guy emptied his clip and blew his head off on the busiest transit line in Queens in front of witnesses and a guy filming it on his phone.
The Bad Days are back.
28 comments:
They caught him. This is definitely one of the benefits of living in the age of the camera phone.
Welcome to the Jungle!
Can we have a citizen status check on those involved?
Gang related, suspect in custody, fast work by NYPD.
>Why the necessity to bring up that statistic?
The mayor is desperately trying to pretend that crime rates aren't soaring under his watch. Hence why the cops have been discouraging people from reporting crimes, why they categorize serious crimes as lesser offenses, why they refuse to act on serious crimes unless there's constant pressure and vocal community outrage.
Thank god for term limits, the City couldn't survive another term of Mayor Zero Vision.
Just wait for the next announcement by the NYPD about how crime in NYC is at record lows. This brutal murder in broad daylight and in front of commuters didn't take place! This no longer happens in NYC, the safest big city in America!
it was MS13 crappy, Kudos to the NYPD for catching the guy
https://abc7ny.com/ms-13-gang-member-arrested-in-fatal-subway-platform-shooting/5119077/
I was channel surfing last night and got on Sean Hannity because I find it amusing how he exaggerates some stuff. It was reported there that this was MS-13 related but had to check on my own for clarification.
The attacker is MS 13 and the victim is from another rival gang (according to reports), while a third attacker is still on the loose. The report (a CBS website article, not right-wing by any means) also indicates that this area has an ongoing problem with gang activity.
I believe this is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s district and I wonder if one reporters has the guts to ask her about this incident. Will this be swept under the rug because this goes against the mantra that immigrants, including illegal, commit less crime than America citizens?
I say it again-- deport them all.
Yep gang related. This is why we need ICE
If I was a legal south American or central american immigrant, I'd be very upset about illegal immigration. Look, the same people I was trying to get away from are now following me into another supposed "safer" area. So I would be upset if I was a LEGAL central or south American immigrant. Not to mention all the waiting and money that was wasted to come here.
Vibrants gonna vibrant!
And TCB - That Cortez Broad - wants to do away with ICE?
The MTA board members are saying the subways are safe to ride. In the meantime half take the LIRR/Metro north trains, and the other half drive their cars.
Sad bloody sunday!
The victim was Mexican,coming home from work,he works 6 days a week.
The gun belonged to unknown at this time. They were messing with the Mexican since she stadium. The Mexican is from the bronx.
The other 2 perps looked crazy. One had no eyebrows and looked feminine.
This is not the norm! During the day anyway.
DACA
MS-13. We need MORE open borders, not a wall. Let them ALL in and they will turn peaceful and hard working.
They got 'em quick. I was nearby going out for the first meal of the day with my SO within forty minutes and ten blocks of this. Yay.
Good for camera phones.
What you all should be questioning is how a guy with a record and a dozen previous arrests and charges of attempted murder/weapons/drugs possession WAS OUT ON BAIL SINCE MID DECEMBER FOR ONLY 2,500 DOLLARS.
Which idiot judge let him go free?
WE ARE A SANCTUARY CITY AND THAT IS WHY THE PROBLEM OF GANGS HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED WITH THE SERIOUSNESS THAT IT DESERVES. WE NEED HOMELAND SECURITY, FBI AND DEA TO BE ALLOWED TO DO THEIR JOBS. UNFORTUNATELY THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THIS BACKWARDS PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT WE HAVE IN CITY HALL.
Build that Wall! Lock up Pelosi/Hillary and the rest of the democriminals!
The bad days are back? Er no, not even remotely.
@Tommy
I wonder who bailed him out. And I surmise it was a deBlasio judge that sprung him loose to fulfill the Rikers Shutdown fantasy.
Re: remotely
Murders and rapes were up in January compared to last year. And the NYPD are fudging crime stats and in the case of a mugging in Fort Greene where one of the thugs dropped a gun and the cops that showed up just left it on the ground when another man picked it up and ran away with it, are now enabling it.
The city has over 70,000 people that are homeless and the trains, while free of graffiti, is in the worst shape it's ever been and probably will not ever be improved.
While the bad old days had landlords demolishing buildings by neglect, with NYCHA, the city does it with lying about the conditions and the feds do it by enabling the corruption and also with the reappropriation of funds from HUD to the Pentagon.
Some things are open to interpretation, this is just mine. Thanks for reading and be aware of your surroundings.
"Er, what do I do now? Nydia? Nita?" [local area Congresswomen Nydia Velazquez and Nita Lowey]
Check out the clueless TCB's (That Cortez Broad's) reaction to a son of Queens' - DJT's - lauding of ICE during Tuesday's State of the Union. HERE AT 1:00:34. Check out at the very end of the brief camera scene, Lowey urges the clueless TCB to applaud the President's ICE remarks.
It would be interesting to hear Congresswoman Ocasio's reaction to this, however, it happened in her district, which she is not interested in. She's interested in photo ops, publicity stunts and being a media celebrity. It's unfortunate because our district needs good representation. I don't she's had a single town hall.
The more cameras installed,the less cops you see. Don’t worry that there won’t be cops to deter serious crimes. Revel in the fact that while you or someone close is dead or seriously injured,that video will help catch that criminal. You’re on your own,skippy....
Just another job American citizen's will not do!
Shooting Mexicans in broad daylight with witness's present.
The people- MTA brass and Police Public Relations- who keep insisting that the subways are safe are not the ones who need to use public transportation. They have nice cars and drivers for their work vehicles.
Some nights it takes me close to 2 hours to get home. I witness many bad things happening on the subway and I am afraid of the malicious lunatics, gang bangers, vendors, deranged beggars and thieves.
Now here's a reason to set up an ICE and Dept of Homeland Security base at that subway station and 71st Street/Roosevelt Avenue subway station. Just put ICE agents on the Number 7 line. Round up the illegals and deport them.
What you all should be questioning is how a guy with a record and a dozen previous arrests and charges of attempted murder/weapons/drugs possession WAS OUT ON BAIL SINCE MID DECEMBER FOR ONLY 2,500 DOLLARS.
Which idiot judge let him go free?
THAT IS EASY - A DEMOCRATIC JUDGE. REMEMBER, OUR FUTURE IS 3RD WORLD BECAUSE THEY VOTE DEMOCRATIC.
THAT IS UNTIL TRUMP AND HIS POSSE CHANGE THINGS AND THEY WILL.
The killer IS IN FACT ILLEGAL
The NYPD & deBlasio administration deliberately shielded Gutierrez and another from public scrutiny to prevent Trump's from using the facts in his State of the Union address.
Police now confirm Gutierrez is both a MS-13 member and in the US illegally.
Facts leaked to news in the UK and across Europe are now confirming the above.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6672799/NYPD-accused-trying-shield-murderer-MS-13-gang-member-illegal-immigrant-scrutiny.html
deFaustio's NYPD may be the most corrupt it's been since the days of Serpico. But mostly in the area of maintaining secrecy from the public. Which is why 50a must be rescinded.
This guy had 12 priors and was roaming around Jackson Heights with 12 other Ms-13 members. It's obvious this guy was no stranger in town, he was established and probably notoriously feared by the citizenry. And could put fears into the frivolous spending gentrys looking to move to the area.
What else can they be covering up? Well, anything or everything. Notably the continuing presence of gang violence in the towns heading east in Queens by the 7 El.
For all this carping about MS13 and it should be recognized, remember that there are hundreds of gangs that are American citizens.
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