{"id":380768,"date":"2026-10-23T13:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380768\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T13:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T13:06:08","slug":"17-year-old-arrested-in-fatal-new-york-subway-shooting-after-dispute-over-smoking-marijuana-on-train-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/380768\/","title":{"rendered":"17-year-old arrested in fatal New York subway shooting after dispute over smoking marijuana on train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">NEW YORK &#8212; A 17-year-old is under arrest in connection with the <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/6abc.com\/story\/dispute-marijuana-smoking-subway-train-may-have-sparked-fatal-nyc-shooting-police-say\/19968596\/\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man at a New York City<\/a> station over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The teen, identified as Xavian Collins, is facing charges of murder and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A dispute over smoking marijuana on a subway train appears to have led to the fatal shooting, according to investigators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The shooting happened Saturday afternoon at the 7th Avenue-53rd Street station, where <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/post\/darryl-rodriguez-remembered-nypd-hunts-subway-gunman\/19953983\/\" dir=\"ltr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Darryl Rodriguez was shot in the chest and killed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Video surveillance shows the altercation. The suspect wore all red, including a black Moncler vest, and held a firearm pointed at Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Detectives believe Collins was smoking marijuana on the train when Rodriguez confronted him, sparking an argument that escalated into gunfire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">A firearm shell casing was recovered inside the subway car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber lauded the arrest of Collins, who was arraigned Thursday, and held without bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Once again the NYPD has demonstrated why they are the finest detectives anywhere, and now it&#8217;s up to prosecutors and the courts to ensure maximum justice for the late Darrel Rodriguez, who was simply on his way home from work,&#8221; he said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The killing marked the seventh homicide in the city&#8217;s subway system this year, compared with four at the same time last year.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK &#8212; A 17-year-old is under arrest in connection with the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[139539,9,11,10],"class_list":["post-380768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-139539","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}