Goldman Sachs Research Analyst Fatally Shot on NYC Subway

A Q train in New York on Oct. 17, 2019. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images

A research analyst with Goldman Sachs was shot and killed on a subway train in New York on May 22, according to the investment banking firm and his family.

Daniel Enriquez, who joined Goldman Sachs in 2013, was shot in the chest at about 11:45 a.m. local time as he was riding on the Q train near the Manhattan Bridge, city police officials and Goldman Sachs told local media.

“We are devastated by this senseless tragedy and our deepest sympathies are with Dan’s family at this difficult time,” Goldman CEO David Solomon said in a statement, adding that Enriquez was a “dedicated and beloved” employee.

The unidentified suspect, who shot Enriquez “without provocation,” is dark-skinned, heavyset, and had a beard, NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth Corey told reporters. Officials also released two photos of the alleged gunman, showing the individual appears to be a black male.

Enriquez’s family, after the shooting, criticized the administration of the city’s Democratic mayor, Eric Adams.

“No one, no one, no one should have this happen to their family,” Griselda Vile, Enriquez’s sister, told the New York Post on May 22.

“And the worst part is, even if they catch this person, he’s going to be out again,” she said, referring to the state’s lenient bail reform laws.

Vile told the Post: “I wish you guys would go back to Mayor Adams and tell him the city is not safe. My brother just became a statistic on the way to the city. He was shot at close range.”

Her husband, Glenn Vile, had a message for Adams.

“Do your job” and “get crime off the streets” of New York City.

The shooting comes about a month after an individual opened fire inside a New York subway during rush-hour traffic, injuring more than two dozen people.

Officials later arrested Frank James, a black man who espoused racist views against white people and other ethnic groups, for the attack. Authorities allege that James detonated a smoke bomb before opening fire on subway riders.