Goldman Sachs Group Chief Executive David Solomon said the firm was devastated to learn of the fatal shooting of one of its employees on a New York City subway train on Sunday.
Daniel Enriquez was a “beloved” member of the firm for nine years and “epitomized our culture of collaboration and excellence,” Solomon said in a statement. The firm was “devastated by this senseless tragedy and our deepest sympathies are with Dan’s family at this difficult time,” he said.
Enriquez, who joined Goldman’s Global Investment Research division in 2013, was killed in a shooting on the Q train Sunday morning, according to a report by The New York Times. A gunman fired one shot, striking the 48-year-old in the chest, the police said, according to the Times. The assailant, who fled at the next station, hasn’t been apprehended yet.
There have been a string of shocking attacks this year, including a man in April opening fire in a packed subway car traveling from Brooklyn to Manhattan. A woman was killed in January when she was pushed before an oncoming train at Times Square.
An increase in assaults on the city’s subway system has prompted Mayor Eric Adams to boost the number of uniformed officers on patrol. There were 150 reported assaults on the subway in the first three months of 2022, the most for that period since at least 1997, Metropolitan Transportation Authority data show.
In an interview with the Financial Times published last week, Adams said he urged Wall Street CEOs to ride the subway to work as part an effort to bring employees back to their offices in Manhattan.
In the week that ended May 13, traffic on the city’s subway system was 12% higher than the average over the past year, but still down 56% from 2019, before the pandemic erupted.
Enriquez, who was born in Williamsburg and lived in Park Slope, was heading into Manhattan for brunch, his sister told The New York Times. He had avoided using the subway for most of the pandemic because he feared for his health, she said.
