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Attorneys for the family of Jordan Neely have criticised a statement released by the firm representing Daniel Penny after the 30-year-old homeless street performer was fatally choked on a New York City subway on 1 May. Neely was placed in a chokehold by the 24-year-old former Marine on a Manhattan F train after Neely allegedly threatened passengers. No charges have been filed. The Manhattan district attorney’s office is investigating. Attorneys for Mr Penny said in a statement on Friday that he “never intended to harm Mr Neely and could not have foreseen his untimely death” after Mr Penny and two other passengers “acted to protect themselves”. On Monday, attorneys for Neely’s family called the statement an “admission of guilt” and neither “an apology nor an expression of regret”. The incident has sparked debates, protests and vigils across New York and on the city’s subway platforms, demanding justice in the days after the fatal incident and stressing the failure of a system meant to support people like Neely. At least 13 people were arrested in connection with a protest on Saturday at the Lexington Avenue and 63rd Street stop. Read More Daniel Penny: Everything we know about ex-Marine filmed choking Jordan Neely in fatal subway incident New York prosecutors investigate Jordan Neely’s death as ex-Marine hires Alvin Bragg’s former rival Jordan Neely struggled after his mother’s murder, family attorney says Jordan Neely wanted help. A brutal narrative about homelessness blamed him for his own death New York was not a ‘safe city’ for Jordan Neely

Investigators in Texas are looking into possible neo-Nazi and white supremacist beliefs of the gunman who killed eight in the mass shooting at a shopping mall in Allen. Mauricio Garcia, 33, was identified as the shooter who drove to the Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday afternoon and opened fire on innocent shoppers with an AR-15-style rifle. Eight people, including a heroic store associate who saved 12 people by hiding them a storage room, died in the attack before the gunman was shot dead by a law enforcement officer. The motive for the attack remains unknown but the gunman was wearing a patch reading “RWDS” – standing for Right Wing Death Squad – as he carried out the rampage. Police sources told NBC News that Garcia – an Army veteran who worked as a security guard – posted neo-Nazi and white supremacist content online. As details continue to emerge about the gunman, the victims are starting to be identified. Christian LaCour, a 20-year-old security guard at the mall, and Aishwarya Thatikonda, an engineer who was shopping at the time, were both identified by family members. Read More Gunman kills eight and wounds seven in mass shooting at Texas outlet mall Dallas mall shooting: Eight dead as witnesses describe thinking gunshots were ‘construction work’ Marjorie Taylor Greene sidesteps gun issue, blames Texas mall shooting on ‘evil forces’

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