AND WHEN THINGS ARE GOING TO
FINALLY SLOW DOWN. WE’LL START WITH THAT DEATH ON
THE SUBWAY IN MANHATTAN, LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE MAN WHO
DIED AFTER POLICE SAY HE STARTED
HARASSING PEOPLE ON THE "F"
TRAIN.
DISTURBING VIDEO SHOWS THE
MOMENT A BYSTANDER SUBDUED HIM.
POLICE SAY THIS RIGHT HERE IS A
LOOK AT THE MOMENT A FORMER
MARINE PUT THE MAN IN A CHOKEHOLD.
THE MARINE WAS QUESTIONED BY
COPS BUT THEN LET GO.
TONIGHT WE ARE WAITING TO FIND
OUT IF HE’LL FACE CHARGES. ALSO TONIGHT WE’RE GETTING A
CLOSER LOOK AT THE MAN WHO DIED.
JORDAN HEALY THE MANHATTAN
BOROUGH PRESIDENT MARK LEVINE
TWEETING THIS VIDEO SAYING HE OFTEN SAW NEALY PERFORM ON THE
SUBWAY DANCING AND IMPERSONATING MICHAEL JACKSON.
NEWS 4’S MYLES MILLER IS LIVE
OUTSIDE THE BROADWAY LAFAYETTE
STOP IN SOJO WHERE THIS HAPPENED
AND ALSO WHERE A VIGIL FOR NEALY
TURNED CHAOTIC TODAY AND PEOPLE
THERE SAY HE DIDN’T DESERVE TO
DIE.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
THAT IS WHY THE VIGIL TURNED SO
CHAOTIC.
THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO MOURN
DOWNSTAIRS A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
CAME TO THE VIGIL KNEW HIM FROM
HIS TIME AS A SUBWAY PERFORMER. OUTRAGE IS MOUNTING FROM THEM
AND FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS
SAYING HE DID NOT DESERVE TO DIE
THIS WAY.
ON THE UPTOWN "F" TRAIN PLATFORM AT BROADWAY LAFAYETTE STREET A
VIGIL FOR JORDAN NEELY A
HOMELESS NEW YORKER PUT IN A CHOKEHOLD AFTER PASSENGERS SAY
HE BEGAN ACTING AGGRESSIVELY AND
THREATENING RIDERS ON AN "F"
TRAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON.
>> PEOPLE DEPP UNITE ADVERTISING
THEMSELVES AND -- PEOPLE
DEPUTIZING THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: HE WAS PLACED IN A
CHOKEHOLD BY A 24-YEAR-OLD SUBWAY RIDER FOR NEARLY 15
MINUTES AS PASSENGERS WAITED FOR
POLICE TO RESPOND.
THAT MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY
AFTER THE DEADLY ENCOUNTER AND
RELEASED WITHOUT CRIMINAL
CHARGES.
A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE MANHATTAN
DISTRICT ATTORNEY TELLS ME, QUOTE, WE HAVE AN ONGOING
INVESTIGATION END QUOTE.
GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL REACTING
TO THE VIDEO THIS MORNING.
>> THAT WAS DEEPLY DISTURBING
AND CAUSES A LOT OF FEAR IN
PEOPLE.
THE MAYOR AND I ARE WORKING SO
HARD TO RESTORE THE SENSE OF
SAFETY. >> Reporter: THE MANHATTAN BROUG
PRESIDENT SAYING HE SAW HIM
PERFORM MANY TIMES AND ALWAYS WOULD MAKE PEOPLE SMILE.
THE INCIDENT PUT A FOCUS ON
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND
HOMELESSNESS IN THE SUBWAYS.
>> I JUST BROKE DOWN IN TEARS BECAUSE THE GREATEST FEAR FOR ME
WAS DYING WHILE HOMELESS. >> SOURCES CLOSE TO THE
INVESTIGATION SAY THE AUTOPSY
HAS BEEN COMPLETED BUT THEY ARE
REVIEWING THE VIDEO FOR ANY
EVIDENCE THAT MAY SHOW THE CAUSE