CNN —Manhattan prosecutors are conducting a “rigorous ongoing investigation” into the death of a man seen in video being put in a chokehold by another rider on the New York subway.
Jordan Neely, 30, died Monday due to “compression of neck (chokehold),” a spokesperson for the New York City Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said.
Another rider then approached Neely from behind and put him in a chokehold, Vazquez said.
New York police officers respond after a man riding the subway was placed in a chokehold by another passenger.
The man who put Neely in the chokehold has been identified as a 24-year-old from Queens, a law enforcement source said.