New York man arrested in fatal subway shove

A New York man has been arrested over the death of a subway passenger who was shoved on to the tracks ahead of an oncoming train at a station near Times Square earlier this week, police say.

Naeem Davis, a 30-year-old street vendor from Queens, was charged with one count of attempted murder, second degree, and one count of murder with depraved indifference, second degree, police said.

He is accused of pushing the victim, a 58-year-old man, on to the tracks as the southbound Q subway pulled into the station at 49th Street, police said.

 

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