Daniel Penny, Man Who Put Jordan Neely in Fatal Chokehold, Will Be Charged (UPDATE)

Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old man who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a subway car in New York City will reportedly be charged this week.

NYPD officers from the Special Response Group (SRG) unit
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 08: NYPD officers from the Special Response Group (SRG) unit wait inside the Broadway-Lafayette subway station ahead of a "Justice for Jordan Neely" vigil and protest on May 08, 2023 in New York City. Multiple people were arrested including a journalist. According to police and a witness account, Neely, who was 30 years old and residing in a shelter, died after being placed in a chokehold by a 24-year-old man . (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

NYPD officers from the Special Response Group (SRG) unit

UPDATED 5/12/23, 10:11 a.m. ET: Daniel Penny surrendered to police on Friday morning at a Lower Manhattan precinct. He’s facing a charge of second-degree manslaughter, according to the New York Times.

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Daniel Penny, the 24-year-old man who put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a subway car in New York City will be charged this week, NBC 4 New York reports.

“We can confirm that Daniel Penny will be arrested on a charge of manslaughter in the second degree. We cannot provide any additional information until he has been arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court, which we expect to take place tomorrow,” the Manhattan district attorney’s office said in a statement on Thursday, per the New York Times.

The medical examiner previously determined that Neely’s death, which occurred on May 1 at the Broadway-Lafayette station and was captured on video, was a homicide. 

On May 5, Penny, who is a Marine veteran, released a statement on the incident that has been widely criticized.

Neely’s death and the length of time it’s taken for Penny to be charged and arrested sparked a wave of protests that saw several people being detained by the police.

Jordan Neely was 30.

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