The close friend of the beloved school crossing guard who was shot and killed on the Brooklyn subway on Sunday said he is haunted by the image of his friend’s last tragic moments.
Anthony Williams, 53, said he relives the moment he saw his friend Richard Henderson “bleed to death” every time he closed his eyes.
“I’m still nervous. “I don’t sleep, not very well, not very well,” Williams told The Post on Tuesday.
“When I close my eyes, I see Richie, my best friend,” Williams continued. “I saw him bleeding and the train didn’t stop.”
Henderson, 45, a father of three sons and grandfather of two girls, was heading home with Williams after watching an NFL playoff game when he intervened in a fight over loud music around 8:15 p.m., according to the police and sources. saying.
Williams said he and his friend “were not doing anything” to provoke aggression, but the unidentified gunman opened fire, hitting the Crown Heights resident in the back and shoulder.
Richard Henderson, a beloved crossing guard, was senselessly shot to death on a Brooklyn subway after breaking up a fight. Distribute
Williams yelled at MTA workers to call the police when the train stopped.
The shooter was described as a short, dark-skinned man wearing brown Timberland boots, jeans and a short leather jacket.
“I want him off the streets before he does it again,” Williams said. “He is crazy. He had no sympathy for us. He didn’t give a damn about Richie. He didn’t give a damn. He just wanted to kill us for no reason.”
Henderson, 45, was killed Sunday at the Franklin Avenue station in Crown Heights. Wayne Carrington
Henderson’s stunned family gathered at his in-laws’ home in Brooklyn, where they described the victim as someone who loved to help others and always put his family first.
“He died helping someone,” his older brother, Jermaine, told The Post on Monday. “That’s him! He always intervened, he always wanted peace… That’s precisely what he did all his life: help people.”
The family is still making funeral preparations, according to his son, Richard Jr.
Henderson (right) with friends in a recent photo. Handout The NYPD is investigating after Henderson was shot inside a train car at the Franklin Ave subway station in Brooklyn on Sunday. Wayne Carrington
“We just want my father to rest in peace,” Richard Jr. told The Post on Tuesday. “He was a wonderful man, hardworking, grandfather, loving father, uncle and brother.”
He also confirmed that detectives have spoken to his mother, Jakeba Dockery, as they try to solve the harrowing case.
“He’s a good man,” Dockery told The Post on Monday. “He didn’t deserve it. Not that.”
Henderson was a father of three sons and grandfather of two girls, his family said. Distribute
On Tuesday, Williams said he’s still “angry as hell.” And he stays at his house because he’s worried he’ll be able to do something if he runs into the shooter.
“They better catch him before I do,” Williams said. “Because I’ll go back to jail if I see it.”
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