NEW YORK — Police are searching for the person responsible for the death of Darrel Rodríguez, a 26-year-old Dominican man shot on Saturday, Oct. 17, at the subway station at 53rd Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan. Rodríguez lived in the Bronx.
According to the police report, the shooting happened around noon after an argument between two men. Rodríguez was shot in the chest and taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities had not determined whether he knew the assailant.
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Police released an image of a person wanted in connection with the case. The man fled north on Seventh Avenue and was described as wearing a red tracksuit, a black vest, a face covering and a backpack.
Rodríguez worked as a security guard. Relatives and neighbors remembered him as a hardworking young man who exercised regularly and cared for his father, with whom he lived.
As of Wednesday, Oct. 21, no arrests had been reported.
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