NYPD probes fatal straphanger dispute in subway station
Police sought answers Wednesday from a retired corrections officer after his dispute with a pair of strangers ended with a fatal shooting that spread panic inside a subway station at the height of the evening rush hour.
The former officer, whose name was not made public, shot Gilbert Drogheo at about 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Borough Hall station in Brooklyn, police said. Investigators took him into custody but later released him without charges after he agreed to meet on Wednesday for more questioning.
The mayhem began when the 69-year-old retired officer boarded a Brooklyn-bound subway train in Manhattan, police said. He was armed with a small Ruger handgun that he was licensed to carry in public, they said.