NYC Police identify Marine veteran accused in subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely
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Daniel J. Penny, 24, has been identified by authorities as the man who allegedly put Jordan Neely in a fatal chokehold on a New York City subway.
Penny joined the Marines in 2017 according to his LinkedIn profile and is currently a college student, according to a statement released by his attorneys at Raiser&Kenniff. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a writer on the breaking news team for Fox News Digital. You can reach her on Twitter at @s_rumpfwhitten.
Neely was reportedly having a mental episode on the subway route, yelling and pacing back and forth, when Penny interjected, tackled him to the ground and put him in a chokehold, according to witnesses and police.
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