NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Police arrested a 17-year-old boy Thursday in connection with the fatal shooting of a man at a Midtown subway station last weekend.
The teenager was taken into custody just after 12:20 a.m. and charged with murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
According to officials, the suspect and the victim, 26-year-old Darrel Rodriguez of the Bronx, were arguing on the northbound E train platform at the 53rd Street-Seventh Avenue station on Saturday, Oct. 17.
During the dispute, the suspect pulled out a firearm and shot Rodriguez once in the chest before fleeing on foot northbound on Seventh Avenue. Rodriguez was transported to NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue, where he was pronounced dead.
