The NYPD was still searching on Tuesday for a man who allegedly shot and killed a Brooklyn resident and beloved school crossing guard on a 3 train in the borough on Sunday night.
Richard Henderson, 45, was fatally shot in the back and shoulder around 8:15 p.m. on Sunday while intervening in an altercation over loud music being played on a train approaching the Franklin Avenue-Medgar Evers College station in Crown Heights, according to police.
Police said Henderson — a father of three, grandfather of two, and a familiar face in the crosswalks near the Avenues the World School in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood — was on his way home after watching an NFL playoff game at a friend’s house in East New York. Police have not announced any suspects or arrests yet.
On Tuesday, Henderson’s longtime friend Anthony Williams told Gothamist they had boarded the train together at the Pennsylvania Avenue station and were buoyed by the Green Bay Packers’ win. Williams said he was with Henderson when the dispute on the subway turned deadly just a few stops later.
“He just came out of nowhere,” Williams, 53, said of the suspect. “He shot Richie for no reason.”
Williams acknowledged his recollection of the events leading up to Henderson’s killing were a blur, but said he recalled a Hispanic man with a music speaker boarding the train at the Rockaway Avenue stop in Brownsville, along with a man in his early 20s wearing a black leather jacket, blue jeans and Timberland boots.
According to the NYPD, an argument ensued with a “third party” over the music, though it remains unclear who was arguing with whom.
Williams and police officials said Henderson stepped in to try and break up the fight. That’s when the man in the leather jacket came over and “shot Richie in the backside, at least twice,” Williams said.
“The guy said ‘I could get you, too,’” he recalled. “He almost shot me in the head.”
Williams said he ducked out of the way quickly but…
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