The suspect sought in the death of New York man pushed into the tracks of the NYC subway and photographed before being killing by an incoming train was detained by police on Tuesday and has implicated himself in the death.
New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said that the suspect was found after police recovered security video showing a man fitting the description of the suspect working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center.
"The individual we talked to made statements implicating himself in the incident," he added. The suspect has been identified as 30-year-old Naeem Davis, a CBS News affiliate reported. The Associated Press reported that no charges have been announced.
Davis was reportedly seen talking to himself on Monday afternoon before approaching the victim, Ki-Suck Han at the Times Square station. The two got into an argument and Davis pushed Han into the train tracks, witnesses told police.
Queens resident, Han, 58, died shortly after being hit by the Q train pulling into the station. According to police, Han attempted to climb to safety before being trapped between the train and the platform's edge.
Han's death became a national headline after the New York Post published a photo of him trying to get out of the tracks in time. Post freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi, who claimed he tried to use his camera's flash to warn the train driver that someone was on the tracks, shot the now infamous photo. In an audio clip on the Post's website, Abbasi added that he was not strong enough to lift Han out of the tracks.
"I wanted to help the man, but I couldn't figure out how to help," Abbasi said. "It all happened so fast."
Abbasi has been criticized by the media for failing to help Han out of the tracks and instead choosing to photograph, and then sell, his impending death. According to the AP, Abbasi told NBC's "Today" show that he was shocked people closer to Han didn't try to help. He said, "It took me a second to figure out what was happening ... I saw the lights in the distance. My mind was to alert the train."
"The people who were standing close to him ... they could have moved and grabbed him and pulled him up. No one made an effort," he added.
On Tuesday, Mayor Mike Bloomberg that the case "appeared to be a psychiatric problem." He added, "if I understand it, [Han] tried to break up a fight or something and paid for it with his life."