A flood of 911 calls came in as Jordan Neely was choked to death on the subway this week — with one rider claiming one of the men was armed with a gun or a knife, police officials said.
A total of five emergency calls were made over a four-minute span just before 2:30 p.m. Monday as a Marine — now identified as 24-year-old Daniel Penny — held Neely in a chokehold on the floor of the northbound F train in Lower Manhattan.
The first call, which came in at 2:26, was reporting a physical fight on the subway, followed by another one minute later reporting someone on the train threatening riders.
Seconds later, a third caller claimed a straphanger was armed with a knife or a gun. It was unclear whom the caller was referring to, though neither Neely nor Penny turned out to be armed.
Two more calls then came in a minute apart, at 2:29 and 2:30, for reports of an assault in progress and threats, respectively.
Mayor Eric Adams said cops and EMTs were on the scene within six minutes of getting the first call.
But by that point, emergency responders could not revive an unconscious Neely.
While overviews of the calls were released Friday, the city has still not released full transcripts of the calls.
Penny was taken into custody but was released as the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office weighs whether to bring criminal charges in the chokehold death.
What we know about NYC subway choking victim Jordan Neely
Who was Neely?
Jordan Neely, 30, a homeless man, was strangled aboard a northbound F train just before 2:30 p.m. May 1, according to police.
He reportedly started acting erratically on the train and harassing other passengers before being restrained and ultimately choked by a straphanger, identified as Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old former Marine from Queens.
Penny, who was seen on video applying the chokehold, was taken into custody and later released. He was eventually charged with second-degree manslaughter.
Why is there fallout over Neely’s death?
The city medical examiner ruled Neely’s death a homicide, noting he died due to “compression of neck (chokehold).”
Neely’s aunt told The Post that he became a “complete mess” following the brutal murder of his mother in 2007. She noted he was schizophrenic and suffered from PTSD and depression.
“The whole system just failed him. He fell through the cracks of the system,” Carolyn Neely said.
Who is Penny?
24-year-old former Marine Daniel Penny served as an infantry squad leader and an instructor in water survival while in the Marines Corps from 2017 to 2021, according to his online resume. Penny graduated from high school in West Islip, NY.
He surrendered to authorities 11 days after he placed Neely in a fatal chokehold on an F train.
A grand jury could be empaneled to look at the case as early as next week.
The city Medical Examiner’s Office ruled Wednesday that the death was a homicide by compression of the neck.
