The homicide detective who interviewed Daniel Penny shortly after he placed Jordan Neely in a chokehold on an uptown F train last year knew that Neely had died, he testified at Penny’s criminal trial Thursday. But Penny, he said, did not.

A subway commuter who helped an ex-Marine restrain an agitated man aboard a Manhattan subway last year testified that he tried to convince the veteran to loosen his grip around the man’s neck.

A man who aided Daniel Penny while he restrained Jordan Neely in a lethal chokehold aboard a subway car in May 2023 recalled telling the former U.S. Marine he could safely release his grip from Neely’s neck in trial testimony on Tuesday.