Robinson, who was carrying a.380 Ruger and knife onto the evening, was shot after Obuad managed to wrestle the gun away from him during the altercation.
The Brooklyn subway rider who shot an aggressive attacker during rush hour will not face charges, prosecutors said on Friday. Younece Obuad, 32, was arrested on Thursday after a major encounter with Dajuan Robinson, 36, when the two men erupted into a wild brawl on a crowded subway train, that ultimately led to Robinson being shot in the head.
This came as a new video emerged capturing the moment Obuad was arrested on the station stairs. However, the shooter is likely to walk free. „Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsetting,“ said Oren Yaniv, a spokesman for the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office, in an e-mailed statement.
Shooter to Walk Free
Obuad is likely to walk free as prosecutors argued that he shot Robinson in self-defense. „The investigation into this tragic incident is ongoing but, at this stage, evidence of self-defense precludes us from filing any criminal charges against the shooter.“
Obuad, identified by law enforcement sources and a family member as a 32-year-old father-of-two, was released after being questioned by authorities on Friday.
Newly emerged video footage showed him lying face-down on the stairs in the station with a police officer standing nearby amidst the chaos surrounding them.
The footage also showed Robinson, who had been assaulting him, lying injured on the subway car floor, while another person repeatedly exclaimed, „Oh, my God!“
The attorney representing Daniel Penny, a former Marine facing prosecution in the Manhattan subway chokehold case involving Jordan Neely, a disturbed rider, told The New York Post that Friday’s decision to release Obuad is fitting.
