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Bronx Subway Killing Suspect Surrenders, Charged With Murder

Investigators say facial-recognition matches from station footage led to his identification.

Overview

  • Alberto Frias, 27, turned himself in at the 44th Precinct nine days after the Feb. 10 shooting of 41-year-old Adrian Dawodu at the 170th St. station in the Bronx.
  • Police charged Frias with murder, manslaughter and criminal weapon possession in the fatal encounter.
  • Detectives cite surveillance footage and facial-recognition results to identify Frias, then traced him to a nearby apartment where video shows him changing clothes and a shell casing was later found.
  • NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said an argument on a crowded platform escalated into a fight before Dawodu was shot in the thigh and later died at Lincoln Hospital.
  • Officials report this was the first subway shooting of the year in New York City, with transit shootings down significantly from 2024.