Early Addition: Daniel Penny told officers ‘I had him pretty good’

A newly released document sheds more insight in F train killing. [View this email in a browser.]( [Get a T-Shirt When You Donate!]( Gothamist relies on your support to make news available to all. This month only: You'll get a t-shirt when you become a member. [Donate Now]( [Daniel Penny told officers ‘I had him pretty good,’ according to Manhattan DA documents]( [first image]( [by Emily Nadal]( It’s Thursday in New York City, where the former Marine accused of fatally choking a homeless man on the subway is [officially pleading not guilty to manslaughter charges.]( Documents released yesterday offer more details about what happened as the F train approached the Broadway Lafayette station on May 1. “I think I might have just put him in a choke, put him down,” Daniel Penny told police officers. “We just went to the ground. He was trying to roll up, I had him pretty good.” Read more from the Manhattan D.A.’s document [here](. 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