Everything was filmed. New York justice is investigating Thursday the death of a known homeless man in the city, after an altercation on May 1 in the subway with other passengers, one of whom allegedly strangled him.
Jordan Neely, 30, who rose to minor fame by impersonating late star Michael Jackson on the street, was the victim of a ‘homicide’ by ‘compression’ in the neck, New York City Forensics has said.
Alerted by passengers and by a video on social networks of a violent altercation in the metro, the police noted on Monday afternoon that a thirty-year-old African-American had lost “consciousness”. Taken to hospital, he died there shortly after, according to an email from law enforcement.
The five-minute video, widely shared in the press, shows the victim on the ground in a subway car, another man – a 24-year-old Marine according to media reports – lying behind him to shackle and squeeze his upper body. . Other passengers standing above the two men look taken aback.
A witness said that Jordan Neely burst into the car, shouting at passengers and asking them for something to eat or drink.
What consequences for the suspect?
Police briefly questioned the chokehold suspect and it is now up to the New York State Prosecutor’s Office for the Borough of Manhattan to decide whether to prosecute criminally.
“As part of our ongoing rigorous investigation, we will review the forensics report, all available photos and videos, identify and interview as many witnesses as possible,” a prosecutor’s office spokesperson said in an email Thursday. of Manhattan.
Jordan Neely imitated Michael Jackson in the streets of downtown Manhattan, where he lived, and had been arrested dozens of times, in particular for uproar on the public highway, according to the press.
2023-05-04 19:27:00
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