Family of Black gay teenager found dead on NYC train tracks demands answers
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 21, 2023
The family of a 19-year-old Black gay man who was found dead on train tracks in Brooklyn, New York, this month are demanding answers, and justice, in his death.
The body of Deandre Matthews was found Feb. 7 around 4 p.m. on freight train tracks near the 2200 block of Nostrand Avenue, the New York City Police Department said.
Officers who arrived to the scene said Matthews was unresponsive, with “significant burn wounds” throughout his body. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
