Q train shooting suspect arraigned. NYC bishop tried negotiating his surrender. Legal Aid irate with law enforcement.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The 25-12 months-previous man billed in what authorities have considered an unprovoked, deadly shooting Sunday aboard the Q practice was remanded with out bail at the ask for of prosecutors Wednesday in Manhattan Legal Court docket.

On Tuesday, law enforcement arrested Andrew Abdullah in relationship with the alarming ordeal, on prices of next-diploma murder and next-degree criminal possession of a weapon. The target, 48-12 months-old Daniel Enriquez, was a Brooklyn resident who worked as a researcher for Goldman Sachs.

Moments prior to the shooting, the gunman was “pacing again and forth inside the educate auto muttering to himself,” NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig stated all through a push briefing Tuesday.

“The only distinguishable text heard were, ‘no telephones,’” Essig reported. “The male all of a sudden and without any prior interactions or provocation walked up to our victim… and shot him just one time in the chest.”

Abdullah “targeted this bad person for good reasons we really do not know,” he claimed.

An NYPD spokesman reportedly confirmed that on the day of the capturing cops experienced stopped Abdullah as he fled the station but permit him go for the reason that he had altered his visual appeal and did not suit the description of the shooter. Law enforcement allege the perpetrator handed a homeless male the gun.

“The [homeless man] was apprehended and interviewed. He stated he does not know who the perpetrator is, and [the perpetrator] just randomly handed him the gun,” Essig said.

Abdullah was on parole right until previous June soon after serving 2 1/2 decades at the rear of bars on a conviction for conspiracy and attempted weapon possession prices in a gang scenario, 4 New York claimed. Court docket documents show he also has open up criminal situations stemming from an April 24 car theft and an alleged assault in 2020. He reportedly hasn’t entered a plea in possibly of people situations.

FLASHY NYC BISHOP Claims MAN’S INNOCENCE

Prior to Abdullah’s arrest, a flashy New York Town clergyman, Bishop Lamar Whitehead, confirmed up at the 5th Precinct stationhouse in Manhattan in a Rolls Royce in a bid to negotiate Abdullah’s surrender. But the suspect as a substitute was detained by police at the Legal Help Culture offices in Manhattan while talks with Bishop Whitehead and attorneys were being taking place, in accordance to experiences.

Bishop Whitehead instructed reporters exterior the stationhouse that Abdullah is “innocent,” citing “untold paperwork exhibiting that he has psychological health challenges.”

“As he states, he doesn’t recall nearly anything,” the preacher claimed.

Bishop Whitehead has a felony file himself. He was released from prison in 2013 soon after serving a 5-calendar year bid for identification fraud and grand larceny. On Tuesday, he informed reporters he had attained out to Mayor Eric Adam’s business office hoping to negotiate a tranquil surrender just before law enforcement arrested Abdullah, the New York Post reported.

Lawful Aid ARGUES WRONGDOING BY Law enforcement

Abdullah is being represented by the Legal Help Culture, which released a statement Tuesday accusing law enforcement of denying him an opportunity “to very first talk to with counsel.”

“Before Andrew Abdullah could voluntarily surrender himself to the area precinct, he was needlessly ambushed out entrance of our Manhattan Demo Workplace by law enforcement, denied of his chance to 1st check with with counsel,” a spokesman for the group explained. “Since very last evening, we have been actively talking with the New York Police Division and the New York County District Attorney’s Business to negotiate his surrender, and what transpired currently was wholly inappropriate and unwarranted supplied these discussions.”

“We have been assigned to depict Mr. Abdullah on this case. He is presumed harmless and entitled to counsel and a strong defense,” the assertion continued. “At this preliminary second in the situation, we warning New Yorkers from dashing to judgment, as we are just beginning our investigation and examining proof. Mr. Abdullah deserves vigorous representation from his defense counsel and that is what the Legal Support Culture will present.”