Daniel Penny was born around 1999 and raised in West Islip, Long Island, New York. Public details of Penny's early life are limited, but he attended local schools and was known to friends and family as disciplined and focused. After completing his education, Penny enlisted in the United States Marine Corps.

On May 1, 2023, in New York City, Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless American man, was killed after being put in a chokehold by Daniel Penny, a 24-year-old United States Marine Corps veteran while riding the New York City subway. Neely, who was reportedly agitated and threatening passengers, was subdued by Penny, leading to his death.

Dec 10, 2024 · Daniel Penny walks at a Manhattan Criminal Court on the day of the verdict in the trial of the former U.S. Marine sergeant who faced charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide...

2 days ago · Daniel Penny, a Marine veteran acquitted on a charge of criminally negligent homicide in Manhattan in December, has been hired by one of Silicon Valley’s most prestigious venture capital firms ...

2 days ago · Daniel Penny landed a cushy job at a powerhouse Silicon Valley venture capital firm less than two months after he was acquitted in the subway chokehold death of Jordan Neely.

Dec 9, 2024 · Marine veteran Daniel Penny was acquitted by a Manhattan jury Monday in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely — a lightning-rod case that cast a light on the mayhem plaguing Big Apple subways.

Dec 9, 2024 · Daniel Penny was acquitted Monday of criminally negligent homicide in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old homeless man with a history of mental illness whose final moments on a New...

Dec 10, 2024 · NEW YORK -- Daniel Penny has been acquitted in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely last spring on the New York City subway. A jury of five men and seven women weighed...

Nov 4, 2024 · Never-before-seen cellphone video showed the moment Daniel Penny put Jordan Neely in a deadly chokehold on a subway train in May 2023. It came out during day 2 of the manslaughter trial...

Dec 9, 2024 · NEW YORK – A jury on Monday found former Marine Daniel Penny not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who Penny placed in a chokehold onboard a...