Cops ID suspect in Bronx subway shooting death, ask for public's help

Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News on Feb 13, 2026

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NEW YORK — NYPD detectives have identified a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 41-year-old man at a Bronx subway stop — and are recruiting the public’s help to find him.

Alberto Frias is wanted for questioning in the killing of Adrian Dawodu at the 170th St. station on Tuesday.

Cops released both a photo of Frias, 27, at the scene of the shooting and a mugshot in the hopes someone can alert cops to his whereabouts.

Police sources said Frias and Dawodu knew each other before the 3 p.m. shooting at E. 170th St. and Grand Concourse in Mount Eden.

It was not immediately disclosed what sparked the clash.

The victim and the shooter were arguing when the gunman shot Dawodu multiple times on the platform for the Manhattan-bound D and B trains, said police.

“The victim has two wounds in the groin, in the thigh area,” a law enforcement source told the Daily News on Tuesday. “It looks like it went through and through.”

Another video recorded by straphangers aboard a train passing through the station shows the killer shove the victim, who collapses to the platform covered in blood.

Medics rushed Dawodu to Lincoln Hospital, where he died, cops said.

Anderson Moina Cruz, 17, witnessed the violence.

“The dude just pushed the guy and started running. The guy on the floor was bleeding, and there was no movement,” he told The News. “[The shooter] ran fast, like the Olympics. I wasn’t going to be no hero.”

Cruz left the station where the shooting occurred only to find police blocking the entrance to his apartment building four blocks away on Townsend Ave. and E. 172nd St.

“When I got home, people were saying, ‘He ran in here, he ran in here,’” he said, referring to the suspect.

Officers at the scene confirmed the suspect was spotted entering the Townsend Ave. building. Police cordoned off the location but the suspect slipped away.

Dawodu lived in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan, cops said.

No arrests have been made in his killing.

Three people were shot in the city’s subway system last year, all in separate incidents, NYPD crime stats show. It marked a dramatic drop from 2024, when 14 people were shot in the subway.

Cops are asking anyone with information regarding Frias’ whereabouts is urged to call NYPD Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS. All calls will be kept confidential.