Suspect in NYC subway shooting caught and charged with murder 

The suspect that shot Goldman Sachs employee Daniel Enriquez, 48, on the New York City subway on Sunday was caught by the police on Tuesday, according to police sources. 

The suspect, Andrew Abdullah, 25, is being charged with second-degree murder and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon for the incident that left one man dead. 

“A killer is off our streets,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. 

According to police sources and Abdullah’s lawyers, the suspect wanted to turn himself in to authorities. However, before he could do so, police arrested him at the Legal Aid Society offices in Manhattan.

“Before Andrew Abdullah could voluntarily surrender himself to the local precinct, he was needlessly ambushed out front of our Manhattan trial office by City Marshals, denied of his opportunity to first consult with counsel,” Legal Aid said in a statement.

“Since last night, we have been actively speaking with the New York Police Department and the New York County District Attorney’s Office to negotiate his surrender, and what transpired today was completely inappropriate and unwarranted given those conversations,” the statement continued.

Abdullah is a Brooklyn resident, who has an “extensive, violent criminal history,” police sources told CBS New York. 

"Abdullah’s previous busts include raps for criminal possession of a weapon, assault, robbery, menacing and grand larceny, the sources said," the NY Post reported.

The incident took place at the Canal Street subway station at around 11:43 a.m. on Sunday. Witnesses say they saw a man pacing up and down the train car, when he suddenly pulled out a gun and shot a seated man in the torso. The suspect then fled the scene. 

According to witnesses and the police, this was an unprovoked attack, as the two men did not appear to have had any interactions before the incident. 

“The only distinguishable words heard were, ‘no phones,'” said NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig. “The male suddenly and without any prior interactions or provocation walked up to our victim… and shot him one time in the chest.” 

“I’m glad for the city,” Enriquez’s partner, Adam Pollack, said on Tuesday. “It doesn’t change anything for me, though. I don’t get any relief.”