Marine veteran Daniel Penny accused in NYC subway chokehold death surrenders
Marine veteran Daniel Penny turned himself in to police Friday in Lower Manhattan to face a manslaughter charge for fatally choking an erratic homeless man on the New York City subway.
Penny, a 24-year-old college student, put Jordan Neely, 30, in a chokehold May 1 during an altercation on a northbound F train.
According to a freelance journalist who recorded the confrontation, Neely, who suffers from mental illness, was allegedly screaming at passengers in the subway car.
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Penny dragged Neely to the ground from behind and held him in a chokehold until he lost consciousness and died.
Neely is expected to be transported Friday to Manhattan Criminal Court and arraigned on one count of second-degree manslaughter. Prosecutors are expected to ask for significant bail, a source told Fox News Digital.
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The city’s medical examiner ruled the killing a homicide caused by compression of the neck.
The caught-on-video killing has sparked widespread protests and demands for charges against Penny.
Penny’s attorney, Thomas Kenniff, said he acted in self-defense to protect himself and other New Yorkers.
Outreach workers were so familiar with Neely that he was on the city’s “Top 50” list – an internal roster kept by the Department of Homeless Services of people most in need of help, the New York Post reported.
Neely has a history of violent attacks on subway riders – including in 2021 punching a 67-year-old woman in the face, breaking her nose and orbital bone.
NYC Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference Thursday that “Jordan Neely did not deserve to die.”
