A Long Island teen faces charges of attempted murder, assault and criminal weapons possession in the shooting of a 15-year-old on the A train earlier this year, the Queens district attorney’s office said.
A Queens judge ordered that Matthew Rodriguez, 19, of Levittown, be held in custody without bail on Friday after he was extradited from Virginia. Rodriguez fled the state following the shooting and was arrested in Newport News last month, according to the DA’s office.
Queens DA Melinda Katz said the 15-year-old who was shot “is now fighting for his life in a hospital bed.”…