Overview

• An altercation on the Prospect Park station platform shortly after 2:25 a.m. preceded the man being struck by a southbound Q train.
• Responding EMS units pronounced the victim dead after officers found him with severe head trauma on the platform.
• A 23-year-old man who remained at the station has been taken into custody for questioning as a person of interest.
• The MTA continues to divert Q trains onto the N line from DeKalb Avenue to Coney Island, resulting in delays in both directions.
• The NYPD’s probe is focused on piecing together the sequence of events that led to the fatal striking following the fight.