{"id":139065,"date":"2026-02-19T19:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/139065\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T19:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:16:32","slug":"suspect-arrested-for-fatal-shooting-during-fight-on-bronx-subway-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/139065\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect arrested for fatal shooting during fight on Bronx subway platform"},"content":{"rendered":"

A suspect was arrested Thursday for the fatal shooting of a 41-year-old man inside a Bronx subway station<\/a> earlier this month, police said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Alberto Frias is facing murder, manslaughter and weapon possession charges for allegedly killing Adrian Dawodu at the 170th St. station about 3 p.m. Feb 10.<\/p>\n

Cops last week released a surveillance photo of Frias, 27, at the scene of the shooting along with an old mugshot<\/a> and asked the public\u2019s help tracking him down.<\/p>\n

Police sources said Frias and Dawodu knew each other.<\/p>\n

\"AdrianAdrian Dawodu (pictured) was fatally shot on the Manhattan-bound D\/B subway line platform 170th St. station at E. 170th St. and Grand Concourse in the 170th St. subway station at E. 170th St. in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

The two men entered the subway station separately and began arguing while the platform was filled with straphangers, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur eventual shooter is pacing back and forth (on the platform),\u201d Kenny said, describing surveillance footage recovered by cops. \u201cThey finally confront each other and they square off and fight.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the clash escalated, Frias pulled a gun, threatening to use it, at which point Dawodu \u201cstarts swinging\u201d at the gunman, Kenny said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fight extends all the way down the platform, probably about like 25 feet,\u201d Kenny said. \u201cThey come together, and this is where our victim gets shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"NYPDNYPD officers investigate a fatal shooting in the 170th St. subway station on the B\/D line on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in the Bronx, New York. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Dawodu was struck in the thigh, with the bullet piercing an artery, causing him to bleed to death, Kenny said.\u00a0Medics rushed Dawodu to Lincoln Hospital<\/a>, where he died.<\/p>\n

Cell phone video recorded by a straphanger<\/a> aboard a train passing through the station shows the killer shove Dawodu, who collapses to the platform covered in blood.<\/p>\n

Anderson Moina Cruz, 17, witnessed the violence.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dude just pushed the guy and started running. The guy on the floor was bleeding and there was no movement,\u201d he told The News. \u201c[The shooter] ran fast, like the Olympics. I wasn\u2019t going to be no hero.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AlbertoAlberto Frias is pictured in police custody leaving the NYPD’s 44th Precinct stationhouse in the Bronx on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

Cruz left the station where the shooting occurred, only to find police blocking the entrance to his apartment building four blocks away on Townsend Ave. and E. 172nd St.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got home, people were saying, \u2018He ran in here, he ran in here,\u2019\u201d he said, referring to the suspect.<\/p>\n

Kenny confirmed Frias was spotted entering the Townsend Ave. building, adding that he quickly changed clothes and asked his girlfriend to order an Uber for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have him on video running back to the apartment. He\u2019s very frantic,\u201d Kenny said, adding that Frias dropped a shell casing in his bedroom as he changed. \u201cIt must have been in his clothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AdrianAdrian Dawodu (pictured) was fatally shot on the Manhattan-bound D\/B subway line platform 170th St. station at E. 170th St. and Grand Concourse in the 170th St. subway station at E. 170th St. in the Bronx.<\/p>\n

The alleged shooter didn\u2019t explain to his girlfriend and a relative what happened, but \u201cwhen he showed up he was covered in blood,\u201d Kenny said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess they put two and two together,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Cops identified Frias from surveillance images taken at and near the subway stop with the help of the NYPD\u2019s facial recognition technology, officials said. He was previously arrested for weapon possession in 2016 and has been arrested on domestic violence charges in Westchester County, Kenny said.<\/p>\n

Dawodu was emotionally disturbed and a regular at the Bronx subway stop, police said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is always on the platform, constantly yelling and screaming at people,\u201d Kenny said.<\/p>\n

\"NYPDNYPD officers investigate a fatal shooting in the 170th St. subway station on the B\/D line on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in the Bronx, New York. (Barry Williams\/ New York Daily News)<\/p>\n

The victim\u2019s ex-girlfriend, Courtney McEaddy, 40, a NYCHA worker, set up a memorial for him at the Washington Heights apartment building where they used to live together.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe dealt with mental health issues, but I loved him, she said. \u201cHe worked construction. He was a landscaper and gardener and he had his OSHA license.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was living in a shelter but he was trying to get his life together,\u201d she added. \u201cHe was trying to get an apartment of his own \u2026 He was Nigerian but he was born here. He comes from a close family. He leaves two brothers and a sister.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dawodu\u2019s slaying was the first shooting this year in the city\u2019s subway system. Three people were shot in the subway last year, all in separate incidents, NYPD crime stats show. That marked a dramatic drop from 2024, when 14 people were shot in the transit system.<\/p>\n

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