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Gay Man Shot & Killed On NYC Subway ‘Without Provocation’

A gay man was shot and killed on a New York City subway train on Sunday after a fellow passenger pulled out a gun and shot him for no apparent reason.
(screen capture via NBC New York)

A gay man was shot and killed on a New York City subway train on Sunday after a fellow passenger pulled out a gun and shot him for no apparent reason.

From NBC New York:

The shooting occurred on a northbound Q train traveling across the Manhattan Bridge around 11:45 a.m., police said at a news conference.

Witnesses told police the suspect paced back and forth in the train’s last car before displaying a firearm and shooting a 48-year-old rider “without provocation.” There’d been no prior contact between the two men, they said.

Police said the gunman fled the Q train after it pulled into its next stop at the Canal Street station. Officers were called to the station where they discovered the victim with a gunshot wound to his torso.

The gunman reportedly just handed the gun used in the killing to a homeless man on the street after exiting the subway station.

Related: Mass Subway Shooting During Rush Hour In Brooklyn

According to the New York Daily News, the victim was identified as Daniel Enriquez, who worked for Goldman Sachs in its investment research division.

The Daily News spoke to Enriquez’s partner of 18 years, Adam Pollack, who says he still can’t process the death of his boyfriend.

The New York Post says police are “looking to talk to Andrew Abdullah, who has 19 prior arrests, in connection to the cold-blooded killing.”