Following last Sunday’s 2 train murder that left two men dead and another wounded, police have charged three men with murder. According to the NYPD, Brenddy Garcia, Franklin Varella and Diogenes Hernandez will be charged with second-degree murder, and Garcia will face a charge of criminal possession of a weapon. Although initial investigations were hampered by a lack of security cameras, the police were able to track down suspects based on witness statements. Originally, news outlets reported the murder as an unprovoked attack brought on when an errant bag of garbage tossed from the train car hit the alleged killer in the chest. Today, though, NY1 reports that the two groups of young men were provoking each other before the stabbings occurred. Color me unsurprised.
Update (3:52 p.m.): According to a recent WNYC report, two of the three suspects were let go. Varella and Hernandez will not, according to sources, be charged due to “a lack of evidence.” Manhattan DA Cy Vance has charged Brenddy Garcia with second-degree murder, but Garcia says he acted in self-defense after getting struck in the hit with an empty beer bottle.
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Two of them were let go. I hope they kept the right one.