The Brooklyn straphanger who shot a berserk rider attacking him on a rush-hour train Thursday will not be charged, prosecutors said Friday.
“Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsetting,’’ Oren Yaniv, a spokesman for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, said in an an e-mailed statement.
“The investigation into this tragic incident is ongoing but, at this stage, evidence of self-defense precludes us from filing any criminal charges against the shooter.”
The shot man, Dajuan Robinson, 36, had brought the gun on the train and whipped it out during his attack on a stranger, who shot Robinson in the head as the pair wrestled over it.
Robinson is hospitalized in critical condition.
According to law-enforcement sources, it is not clear whether he will survive.
A dramatic video showed a 36-year-old in a violent interaction with a 32-year-old (in the yellow shirt) before at least four gunshots rang out on the crowded train.
The 36-year-old then pulled out a gun from his jacket, and charged at the 32-year-old, causing the commuters to erupt into screams. @JoyceMeetsWorld/X-ABC
