Man shot dead during quarrel on Manhattan subway

Police said a man was shot and killed on a subway in midtown Manhattan early Saturday morning.

Police said the 34-year-old strapper was shot in the torso during an altercation with another man and his companion on the southbound N train as it pulled into Canal Street and Broadway station just after 1 a.m.

The victim was taken to Bellevue Hospital in a stable condition, police said.

Police said the suspect, believed to be a man in his 30s, fled the station with the woman in an unknown direction.

It is currently unclear what sparked the controversy, police said.