However, the city has struggled to adapt the camera system to personal cars, given the challenges of using modern mobile technology in tunnels and train stations.
“It was a physical challenge to get them deep in that system. It’s been a challenge to get the radios working properly,” said Joseph Fox, who retired as director of the Police Department’s transportation department in 2018. It is a difficult environment. It’s deep underground.”
On Sunday, police were summoned by a 911 call from a passenger while the vehicle was still on the bridge. When the train doors opened at the Canal Street platform, the gunman fled as soon as officers got off the station. Two law enforcement officials said the suspect gave the gun to a homeless man outside the station as he left the station. A 9mm handgun was later recovered by nearby police.
Mr. Enriquez was taken to Bellevue hospital, where he died.
Enriquez, 48, a native New Yorker on his way to a late breakfast, rarely takes the subway, first because of the pandemic and then because of concerns about the safety of the system, says Adam. Pollack, his longtime collaborator. He’s one of many New Yorkers who have avoided the system since March 2020, both because of remote work and safety concerns: Ridership is only about 60 percent taller than it was before the pandemic hit.
Mr. Pollack said that a researcher at the investment bank Goldman Sachs Mr. Enriquez often likes to take Ubers to Manhattan from his home on Park Slope. Mr. Pollack said he only recently started taking the train at the weekend because the prices were so high.
Asked to talk about Mr. Enriquez, Mr. Pollack bowed, shook his head and said he was deeply saddened.
The eldest of five children, Enriquez was a beloved uncle, known for taking his nieces and nephews out for ice cream and amusement parks when he visited. He can speak several languages and once embarked on a genealogy project tracing the 500-year history of his family’s history in Mexico.
