A verbal argument in a Queens subway station turned deadly on Monday, April 25, 2022. At about 4:30 p.m., 24-year-old Marcus Bethea of Brooklyn was inside the Parsons Boulevard–Archer Avenue station in Jamaica when a dispute near the token booth escalated into a physical fight. Bystanders called emergency services; Bethea was taken to a nearby hospital and later pronounced dead.

Police recovered a 9mm semi-automatic handgun at the station and have been reviewing station security footage as part of the New York Police Department’s homicide investigation.

If anyone was at Parsons Boulevard–Archer Avenue station that afternoon or has information about the confrontation or the shooter, please share what was seen.