Ex-Marine Under Investigation in Death of Rampaging Subway Rider

By Matis Glenn

An ex-Marine who restrained an aggressive homeless subway rider, resulting in his death, is under investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, according to the New York Post.

The deceased, Jordan Neely, was on an F train in Lower Manhattan Monday afternoon, when he began acting aggressive and yelling at passengers. He screamed that he didn’t have food, and that he “doesn’t care if he goes to jail,” Alberto Vazquez, a freelance journalist who recorded the incident told the Post.

A 24-year-old ex-Marine stepped in and placed Neely in a headlock. He was assisted by other passengers in pinning the man down for about 15 minutes until the train stopped at the Broadway-Lafayette Street/Bleeker Street station, when EMS arrived to treat the Neely, who had lost consciousness. He was not able to be revived.

Police said that prior to the incident, Neely had threatened passengers and thrown garbage at them.

Originally the veteran was arrested, but was released without charges.

“We have an ongoing investigation,” a spokesman for DA Alvin Bragg told the Post.

City Comptroller Brad Lander decried the fatal incident, citing Neely’s history of mental illness.

“We must not become a city where a mentally ill human being can be choked to death by a vigilante without consequence. Or where the killer is justified & cheered.”

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