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NYC subway shooting victim remembered as a gym buff and a family man: ‘He was crazy about his father’

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Morrison, E., & Poznansky, S. (2026, October 21). NYC subway shooting victim remembered as a gym buff and a family man: ‘He was crazy about his father’. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/21/us-news/nyc-subway-shooting-victim-remembered-as-a-gym-buff-and-a-family-man-he-was-crazy-about-his-father/

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Darrel Rodriguez, 26, was shot and killed on a Midtown Manhattan subway platform on Saturday afternoon. He lived with his father who had suffered a stroke and was dedicated to both family and working as a security guard. Witnesses described him as quiet and kind, without prior conflict with the unidentified gunman, who fled after the shooting. Police are searching for the suspect but lack surveillance footage due to the shooter's masked identity.

Written by AI on 2026-10-21, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On October 17, 2026, Darell Rodriguez, a 26-year-old security guard from the Bronx, was fatally shot at the 53rd Street/7th Avenue subway station in Midtown Manhattan. The shooting occurred around 12:20 p.m. when an unidentified stranger approached Rodriguez on the northbound E train platform and shot him once in the chest before fleeing northbound on 7th Avenue. Witnesses described hearing several gunshots while others administered CPR until emergency responders arrived; Rodriguez was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital shortly after 1:00 p.m.

The NYPD released surveillance images of the suspect, who is seen wearing a red tracksuit, black vest and face mask, along with carrying a backpack. Police emphasized that this was not a random act but rather a targeted shooting following an argument between Rodriguez and his assailant on the platform. Authorities are urging anyone with information to come forward to help catch the perpetrator.

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The 26-year-old straphanger gunned down on a Midtown subway platform was remembered as a dedicated gym buff who was devoted to his family — including his ailing father that he lived with, The Post has learned. asserted

Post → gun → that

Darrel Rodriguez, who was fatally shot in the chest at the 53rd Street/7th Avenue station around 12:20 p.m. Saturday, was committed to two things in his life: the gym and work, according to his aunt Ana Pichardo. uncertain

who → shoot → aunt

Pichardo, 61, said her nephew would pick up shifts as a security guard whenever he could and lived with his father, Tony, who suffered a stroke and struggles to speak. uncertain

who → say → stroke

He was crazy about his father,” Pichardo told The Post at the father-and-son’s Bronx apartment. asserted

Pichardo → tell → apartment

“He even got jealous when his father got a girlfriend. asserted

father → get → girlfriend

They’re very close,” the grieving aunt said. asserted

aunt → ’re → ?

Rodriguez had only recently set up a home gym inside of his bedroom a few months ago with a weight bar, his father said in Spanish, translated by Pichardo. asserted

father → set → Pichardo

Tony quipped, noting that his son loved to play rock and roll on his guitar and enjoyed singing. asserted

son → quip → guitar

Rodriguez was gunned down by a masked gunman — wearing a red tracksuit, a black vest and facial covering — who ran off after bullets flew, leaving the Bronx local dying on the northbound E train platform, police said. asserted

police → gun → platform

Sources said the two men had an argument on the platform before the armed thug opened fire, but it wasn’t immediately clear what sparked the beef. asserted

what → say → beef

Cops are working to ID the shooter, but are handcuffed by lack of video from the platform and the fact that his face was covered, the sources added. asserted

sources → work → platform

No arrests have been made as of Tuesday night. asserted

arrests → make → night

The heartbroken aunt said her family has never seen the suspect before, noting that her nephew didn’t have much time for friends. “I think he was waiting for somebody. asserted

he → say → somebody

Chasing somebody,” Pichardo speculated of the suspected gunman. asserted

Pichardo → chase → gunman

Rodriguez was described as “a quiet, decent young man” that “didn’t look for problems with nobody,” by longtime neighbor Maddy, who has known him since he was a baby. asserted

he → describe → him

His killer “had to be a stranger,” the 46-year-old neighbor said, since “everybody on the block loves him.” asserted

everybody → have → him

Rodriguez wrote his innermost thoughts down on a piece of paper attached to a black clipboard inside his Bronx home which tragically read: “I had a hard path, I had no one.” asserted

I → write → one

“What is stopping you is you,” Rodriguez penned. asserted

Rodriguez → stop → you

“Also, that’s the last person to show up for. asserted

that → ’ → ?

Always show up for yourself,” he continued. asserted

he → show → yourself

Sources said Rodriguez manned the front desk at a Manhattan building as a security guard, though the exact location wasn’t immediately clear — but at the bottom of his handwritten note, Rodriguez wrote: “Need to find a new job.” asserted

Rodriguez → say → job

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