NEW YORK — A 48-year-old man was shot and killed on Sunday aboard a northbound Q train near Canal Street, police said.
The shooting happened at 11:42 a.m. as the train was approaching the Canal Street station, according to police.
When officers arrived at the station, they found the victim identified as Daniel Enriquez with a gunshot wound to his torso, NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said at a press conference.
He was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
According to witnesses, the suspect was walking back and forth on the same train cart as the victim when the shooter shot the victim at a close range without provocation, police say.
The shooter fled the scene at the Canal Street station, and there have been no arrests, according to the NYPD.
Officials said Enriquez was an employee of Goldman Sachs and had been a member of the company’s global investment research division since 2013.
Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon said in a statement that he was a hard worker and beloved coworker.
“Daniel Enriquez was a dedicated and beloved member of the Goldman Sachs family for nine years. He worked diligently to support our Macro Research team in New York and epitomized our culture of collaboration and excellence,” Solomon said. “We are devastated by this senseless tragedy and our deepest sympathies are with Dan’s family at this difficult time.”
Investigators said Sunday that they are reviewing surveillance video from the station in an effort to identify the suspect.
"We are cooperating with the police in this investigation with video and other evidence," New York City Transit President Richard Davey said. "We look forward to finding this perpetrator and bringing this person to justice."
The suspect is described as a dark-skinned male, heavyset with a beard, wearing a dark-hooded sweatshirt, gray sweatpants and white sneakers, the NYPD said.
"We pushed a lot of additional officers down into the subway system. We continue to do that, to patrol this very extensive transit system that we have, and we're going to keep doing that," Corey said.
The shooting comes just over a month after a gunman shot 10 people aboard an N train in Brooklyn.