Marvin Bruce, 27, was charged with criminal possession of a weapon and assault on Thursday.
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The suspect was apparently linked to the shooting by a gun recovered in a trash can.
Earlier this week, police released video of the gunman suspected of shooting an innocent bystander waiting for a cab near Penn Station in Manhattan.
Surveillance video shows the suspected gunman in the shooting of the 58-year-old man on West 31st Street and Seventh Avenue around 5:45 p.m.
On Tuesday, the innocent bystander said he had been released from the hospital and is doing "just fine."
Det. Nicholas White was working a block away and knew when he heard a loud boom it was more than just construction.
Hero cop speaks out after aiding man shot outside Penn Station
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He ran to the victim from New Jersey and used a tourniquet to stop the bleeding until paramedics showed up.
"He was calm, he was calm, at first he didn't know he was shot so then when I did my examination I realized he was shot and he was just in mild pain surprisingly, it could've been much worse," White said.
Police say the man caught on surveillance video got into a fight moments before the shooting with someone else inside the stations.
The fight is believed to have been about food and that man was his intended target -- not the man hit in the leg who was waiting for a cab at the time of the shooting.
"I was happy that I was in the place where I could be of some help to someone," White said.
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Dozens of police surrounded Penn Station on Tuesday, one of the main gateways to New York in what is turning out to be a violent summer in the city.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea blamed the city's "soft on crime" approach for the violence.
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