Household and associates gathered at James Romanelli-Stephen Funeral Residence for the wake of Q prepare capturing sufferer Daniel Enriquez on Could 29, 2022.
Gregory P. Mango
The Goldman Sachs govt who was randomly gunned down on the Q prepare was remembered by his household on Sunday as a proud Mexican American with a dedication to nonviolence.
Dozens of household and associates attended the wake for sufferer Daniel Enriquez in Queens the place his sister Griselda Vile him a “proud New Yorker” and “proud Mexican,” who would break up fights with out ever throwing a punch himself.
“He’s a pacifist,” Vile stated exterior James Romanelli-Stephen Funeral Residence. “He doesn’t personal a gun.
“Even when individuals have been getting crushed or attacked, he would stand between the assailant and the sufferer, however he wouldn’t even hit again the particular person,” stated Vile.
Enriquez was allegedly shot and killed by suspect Andrew Abdullah in broad daylight as Enriquez was using the northbound Q prepare to brunch. Abdullah was arrested and charged with second-degree homicide Wednesday.
Enriquez, a Goldman Sachs researcher and Park Slope resident, was the fourth subway murder this 12 months.
“He’s the best particular person in our whole household, and for him to work so onerous and simply be taken like that. I don’t need his loss of life to be in useless. He would have wished change, and he would have wished justice,” Vile stated.
“So I’m going to proceed to work with this district legal professional to guarantee that this man by no means ever sees the sunshine of day. And I need laws to make sure that they defend communities and folks.”
She stated everybody beloved him at work and the bar the place he’d hang around.
“He had a lot love,” Vile stated, who after speaking to reporters could possibly be seen crying and hugging associates, asking, “Who’s going to guard me now?”
A funeral for Enriquez shall be held Tuesday at a Williamsburg church. His father, Ruberto, flew in from Mexico for the providers.
Pal Anthony Procaccino, 55, referred to as Enriquez a “sweetheart of a person.”
Procaccino, who lives on the Higher East Aspect, takes the Q prepare recurrently.
“I’ve been in New York most of my life. So I’m not likely that nervous,” he stated of taking the subway. “However when it’s one in one million plus individuals, and it occurs to be someone who may be very particular to an individual particular to you, it’s clearly very surprising.”
Enriquez’s niece, Jessica, couldn’t perceive how no one noticed the alleged shooter carrying a gun.
“He was simply going to brunch and abruptly, only a random increase, he obtained shot and like, it’s simply onerous. I’m like, ‘How might it's that identical to that?’ And I’ve been speaking about this, can they've extra management over the gun?” she stated.
“How did this man even get management of a gun and the way was he capable of truly go onto the prepare? After which no one sees that he had a gun in his hand? As a result of everyone’s so distracted on the cellphone. No one sees it.”
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