Homeless man dies after passenger strangles him

Despite New York's slight decrease in crime, the transportation system is a growing concern. Photo: Bim/E+

A A 30-year-old man died after being strangled by another passenger on a New York train.

Witnesses say the victim is an African American who is believed to be , was alive on the street, got on the train and started screaming.

The 24-year-old passenger, who was described by local media as a veteran of the Marine Corps, put a chokehold on him and knocked him to the ground. The second passenger helped hold the man.

During the meeting, which was filmed by freelance journalist Juan Alberto Vazquez, the man tried to escape.

A few moments ago, he boarded the train and started shouting: “I have no food.» I shouldn't drink, I'm fed up… I don't mind going to jail and getting a life sentence. I'm ready to die"

Mr. Vazquez then wrote on Facebook: “Though so far disturbed, he didn’t seem to want to attack anyone, a young man with brown hair and a gray shawl grabbed him by the neck and laid him on the floor as they tied him up by the legs&#34 ;

He was held for several minutes

He was held in this position for several minutes before being released. By that time, he was no longer moving. The man was taken to Lennox Hospital in Greenwich Village, where he was pronounced dead. events on the train. “Now I’m confused because I don’t know how to think about what the young man did,” he said. He said. "He tried to help"

An NYPD spokesman told The Telegraph that the incident is still under investigation.

There are growing concerns about violence in the city's transportation system, although crime began to drop after NYC Mayor Eric Adams stepped up its police presence online.

The NYPD is prohibited from using strangulation as a deterrent, and the officer who killed African-American Eric Garner in 2014 was fired.