They arrest a suspect in the murder of a Latino shot in the New York subway

By Marlene Lenthang —

The New York Police Department arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a Latino man in the city's subway on Tuesday, local authorities told NBC News.

Andrew Abdullah, 25, turned himself in to police and is charged with murder, the NBC station in New York reported Tuesday, citing three law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case.

The suspect is accused of opening fire in a train car shortly before noon on Sunday, killing 48-year-old Aniel Enríquez with a shot to the chest, according to police reports.

Andrew Abdullah, 25. New York Police Department via AP

Agents went to the Canal Street station in Manhattan and found Enriquez with a gunshot wound to the torso.

He was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he died according to the police. 

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New York Police Department Chief Kenneth Corey said at a news conference Sunday that Enriquez was sitting in the last car of the train when the killer fired L

Witnesses reported that a person who had been walking around the train car pulled out a gun and shot Enriquez, without apparently saying a word between them first. His sister, Griselda Vile, told NBC News that Enriquez was the son of Mexican immigrants, who earned a master's degree from New York University and worked at investment bank Oldman Sachs

“He started playing guitar and piano during the CCOVID-19 pandemic. He was learning Brazilian Portuguese.

CY completed our family genealogy for the last 400 years,” said Vile.

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We were born in South Williamsburg and have enjoyed the rich New York culture all our lives.

Mom made arroz con gandules for Thanksgiving and Christmas.

We drank Manischewitz and celebrated Easter, ”said the woman, who considered her brother as" the typical New Yorker ".

Enriquez had been working for the research division of Goldman Sachs since 2013, the company said in a statement.

His death came just a month after a shooting on the Brooklyn subway that left 10 people injured.

Police presence at train stations has since been stepped up, but Sunday's shooting is just the latest in a series of attacks.

n January, Michelle Go, an Asian American woman, died after being pushed onto the tracks AIn February at least six people were stabbed in a series of attacks over a single weekend.

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Mayor Eric Adams addressed the violence during a news conference on Monday.

When an incident like this occurs, the impact is chilling," he said.

Adams explained that there were no police officers assigned to the subway car where the shooting took place.

DY added that he wants to introduce a technology that allows weapons in the subway, though he didn't elaborate: "It's not metal detectors, it's technology that can identify a weapon. And I want to bring that and move it around the subway system so we can identify weapons." ", said