Police have arrested the suspected gunman who fatally shot another man on a subway platform in New York City on Sunday.
The 26-year-old suspect is a known MS-13 gang member who was allegedly involved in another gang-related incident, NYPD Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea told reporters at a news conference Monday. The circumstances surrounding the arrest were not immediately clear.
When police responded to the No. 7 train subway station at 90th Street and Elmhurst Avenue around 12:30 p.m., they found an unresponsive male on the platform with a gunshot wound to the head, the NYPD said in a statement.
Video circulating on social media showed two men beating up the victim on the subway platform as witnesses screamed in the background and others tried to intervene.
A man wearing a multi-colored scarf is then seen holding what appears to be a firearm in his right hand. The victim gets up and tries to run away.
The gunman fired six rounds, ABC New York station WABC reported.
The suspect was arrested just hours after the incriminating video was posted to social media, Shea said.
“To have the shooter in custody in less than 24 hours, I think, is damn impressive,” Shea added.
Simon Lee, an owner of a nearby business, told WABC that people rushed into his store for safety after the shooting.
“We just heard gunshots and then people rushed downstairs, and then even one girl was crying, and I guess she saw it, rushing into my store and ran into the back,” Lee said.
The victim has not been identified, according to police. He was a known member of another gang, Shea said.
A second suspect is still being sought, Shea said.
