Barry Allen, 30, was convicted in 1991 of robbing a 58-year-old diabetic of $54. However, both sides admitted that Goetz, a self-employed electronics expert, doesn't have much money because of what he has spent on his legal defenses. Cabeys three companions on that subway ride just before Christmas 1984 are no longer in the old neighborhood. But a decade after the subway gunman opened fire, his three other victims have moved on--two of them to state prison. Crack, Reefer, and the "Subway Vigilante": The Strange Saga of Bernhard Canty asked Goetz how he was. A jury acquitted Goetz of murder and assault charges in the shooting, but convicted him of illegal possession of a weapon. Bernhard Goetz On Death Of Man He Shot: "Sounds Like He Was - Gothamist On Dec. 22, 1984, four black teens approached a white man on a New York City subway trainand either asked for or demanded money. . Questions surrounding vigilantism and racial profiling are again atthe forefront of a national conversationfollowing the highly publicized shooting of, while running through a mostly white neighborhood in Glynn Countyin February after a white father and son, Gregory McMichael, 64, and Travis McMichael, 34. believed he was a burglar. Every other day he seemed to give another "exclusive" interview. "The years have gone by so quickly," Shirley Cabey reflected last month. "It's still hard. James Ramseur, Subway Vigilante's Victim Kills Self On Anniversary A Troubled and Troubling Life - TIME Goetz said the four were about to mug him. Three of his siblings are good students who have stayed out of trouble, said Allen, who quit the ninth grade and his high school equivalency program a month before the shooting. In all, about $17,000 in assets. Did Subway Vigilante Shoot 4 Black Teens in Self-Defense? Two of the teens were shot in the back, and Goetz later told authorities he shot one of them twice because the teen didn't seem hurt enough. He spent eight months behind bars. The Bronx jury of four blacks and two Hispanics deliberated 41/2 hours before ruling unanimously that the white subway gunman had acted recklessly and without justification in shooting Darrell Cabey, now 30. Goetz also said, "I might have met him at a NY Civic meeting about a year ago where [former mayor Ed] Koch was scheduled to speak. Lawsuits filed against Goetz. Mr. Hoffman had summoned Mr. Breslin to recount the interview he had in November 1985 with Darrell Cabey, who was paralyzed by Mr. Goetz's gunshot 12 years ago.