Marine veteran Daniel Penny ‘will be charged TOMORROW over fatal subway chokehold that saw homeless man Jordan Neely die’
Marine veteran Daniel Penny will tomorrow be charged over the fatal subway chokehold of homeless man Jordan Neely on the NYC subway, it has been claimed.
NBC4 New York is reporting that Penny, 24, could face charges over 30 year-old Neely’s May 1 death as early as Friday.
Penny is expected to surrender himself to a police station. It had been reported that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg had been considering putting the case to a grand jury.
But he is now believed to be going straight to charges, without first putting the case before such a jury.
Neely died on an F train at Broadway Lafayette Station around 2:25pm on the afternoon of May 1.
Neely, who was homeless, was placed in a chokehold by former Marine Daniel Penny
Daniel Penny grapples with Jordan Neely on the floor of the F train on May 1
NYPD officers on attempt to revive Jordan Neely as he lies on the floor of an F train
One report claimed that he’d been throwing garbage at other passengers and issuing threats before Penny stepped in to subdue him.
Images showed Penny with his arm around Neely’s neck. Some eyewitnesses claim he maintained the chokehold for around 15 minutes.
Penny, of Glendale in Queens, has retained an attorney who issued a statement claiming his actions were taken in self-defense, and that he did not intend to harm Neely.
Neely was a schizophrenic with 44 previous arrests. His family say his mental health declined after the brutal 2007 murder of his mother at the hands of her abusive partner.
