Crime & Safety
Crazed Straphanger Dies After Being Put In Chokehold: Cops, Reports
A 30-year-old man who was threatening passengers died after a fight inside Broadway-Lafayette station, according to police and reports.
NEW YORK CITY — A crazed man who was threatening straphangers died inside Broadway-Lafayette station after another passenger put him in a chokehold, according to police and reports.
The man, 30, appeared disturbed and yelled at passengers Monday as he rode an F train about 2:30 p.m., the New York Daily News first reported.
Amid the threats to straphangers, he sparked an argument with a 24-year-man on the train, police said. The two men fought until the erratic passenger lost consciousness, NYPD officials said.
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The Daily News reported that the 24-year-old had put the disturbed man in a chokehold.
Police arrived to find the 30-year-old unconscious and unresponsive, authorities said. Medics took the man to Lenox Hill Hospital, where doctors pronounced him deceased, police said.
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The younger man was questioned by police, but not arrested as the investigation continues, authorities said.
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