Gunman kills NYC subway passenger

NEW YORK — An unidentified gunman shot and killed another passenger on a moving New York City subway train Sunday morning in what police officials said appeared to be an unprovoked attack.

The shooting happened on a Q train traveling over the Manhattan Bridge at around 11:40 a.m..

Witnesses told police the gunman was pacing the last car of the train, “and without provocation, pulled out a gun and fired it at the victim at close range,” New York City Police Chief Kenneth Corey said.

The 48-year-old victim died at a hospital and was later identified by police as Daniel Enriquez of Brooklyn.

The shooter fled after the train arrived at the Canal Street station in Manhattan. Police were reviewing security video to try to identify him. Corey told reporters that while the circumstances were still being investigated, witnesses couldn’t recall any prior interactions between the gunman and the person he shot. A single 9mm shell casing was recovered at the scene, police said.

Since taking office on Jan. 1, Mayor Eric Adams, has made cracking down on violent crime a chief focus of his administration. He later said the city needs to tackle “actual crime” and “the perception of crime.”

Most of the violence the city has experienced in recent months has been in neighborhoods, particularly in communities of color. But attacks on the subway, a vital network millions of New Yorkers rely on, loom large in public perceptions of safety.