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Homeless man arrested in deadly NYC subway push

By Colleen Long
Published December 5, 2012 5:00am ET
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Homeless man arrested in deadly NYC subway push
This image released by NBC shows co-hosts Savannah Guthrie, left, and Matt Lauer, center, during an interview with freelance photographer R. Umar Abbasi on NBC News' "Today" show, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2012 in New York. On Monday, Abbasi took a photo of a man who was pushed onto a New York subway track and killed after being hit by a train. The New York Post published the photo on its front page Tuesday showing the man with his head turned toward the oncoming train. The headline read in part: "This man is about to die." (AP Photo/NBC, Peter Kramer) | Peter Kramer

NEW YORK (AP) — A homeless man was arrested Wednesday in the death of a subway rider who was pushed onto the tracks and photographed just before a train struck him.

Naeem Davis, 30, was taken into custody for questioning Tuesday after security video showed a man fitting the suspect’s description working with street vendors near Rockefeller Center. Police said Davis made statements implicating himself in Ki-Suck Han’s death.

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