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- Jordan Williams, 20, was charged Wednesday with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon in the death of 36-year-old Devictor Ouedraogo on a J train Tuesday night. The Brooklyn District Attorney's Office had asked for $100,000 bail, but the judge told Williams, "I have every reason to believe you will fight this case."
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Jun 28, 2023 · Jordan Williams, 20, was charged with manslaughter and criminal possession of a weapon after stabbing ex-con Devictor Ouedraogo to death on a J train on June 13. This week, a Brooklyn grand...
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- 'Happy that I can get on with my life'
- Case drew comparisons to other deadly clash
Jordan Williams, the 20-year-old man who was accused of fatally stabbing a New York City subway rider, will avoid prosecution, city officials said Wednesday.
A grand jury declined to indict Williams on manslaughter and weapons charges in connection with the deadly stabbing of Devictor Ouedraogo, 36, on a Brooklyn J train on June 13.
Ouedraogo was alleged to have punched Williams' girlfriend and harassed other passengers.
“Our office conducted an impartial and thorough investigation of this tragic case, which included review of multiple videos and interviews with all available witnesses, and that evidence was fairly presented to a grand jury," the Brooklyn district attorney’s office said in a statement. "Today, the charges against Jordan Williams have been dismissed."
Williams' attorney, Jason Goldman, has said his client had acted in self-defense.
The grand jury appeared to agree.
Addressing the grand jury's decision Wednesday, Williams said he had been "scared in that situation," NBC New York reported.
“I’m happy that I can get on with my life the way I’d like to," he said.
The deadly altercation unfolded just after 8 p.m. June 13 on a northbound J train as it approached Marcy Avenue and Broadway, New York police said.
Ouedraogo was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital with a stab wound to the chest; he was later pronounced dead, police said.
Law enforcement sources told NBC New York that Ouedraogo had allegedly been harassing people on the train and acting belligerently and erratically.
A police official told the station that one of the people he harassed was Williams' girlfriend; a source told NBC New York that Ouedraogo had punched her. It was not clear what exactly happened in the lead-up to the stabbing.
Early on, the incident drew comparisons to the altercation resulting in the death of Jordan Neely, 30, a former Michael Jackson impersonator who died last month after a Marine veteran allegedly put him in a chokehold on a New York City subway train.
The day Williams' charges were dropped, the suspect in Neely's death, Daniel Penny, 24, pleaded not guilty to second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide.
Neely was alleged to have been shouting and begging for money when Penny pinned him to the floor of the moving subway car with the help of two other passengers on May 1 and held him in a chokehold for more than three minutes. Neely lost consciousness and was pronounced dead at a hospital.
A grand jury voted to indict Penny on updated charges this month, with his arraignment Wednesday lasting just minutes. Penny, who is free on bond, said few words, uttering only that he was "not guilty" before he left the courtroom with his lawyers.
Penny, who served in the Marines for four years and was discharged in 2021, has said he acted to protect himself and others from Neely, who was alleged to have shouted “I’m gonna’ kill you” and said he was “ready to die” or go to jail for life.
“He was yelling in their faces saying these threats,” Penny said in a video previously released by his attorneys. “I just couldn’t sit still.”
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Jun 28, 2023 · June 28, 2023. A grand jury voted not to indict a man who stabbed a passenger on a subway train this month in Brooklyn, ending the case, the man’s lawyer said. The man, Jordan Williams, 20, of...
Jun 14, 2023 · A Queens man was charged with stabbing and killing a man during a dispute on a New York City subway train on Tuesday night in Brooklyn, the police said. The man, Jordan Williams, 20, stabbed...
Jun 15, 2023 · NBC New York. Two people police initially described as persons of interest were taken into custody. One of them was released, a police spokesperson said Thursday. The other, Williams, was...
Jun 29, 2023 · A grand jury declined to indict Jordan Williams on manslaughter and weapons charged stemming from the June 13 killing on a Brooklyn J train. The 20-year-old had been arrested for the stabbing...
