Cops have charged a 17-year-old with homicide in the brazen Saturday taking pictures dying of a beloved safety guard at a Midtown subway station, police said Thursday.

The teen is accused of taking pictures Darrel Rodriguez, 26, in the chest on a crowded subway platform at Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street, fleeing the scene and leaving the sufferer mortally wounded.

Sources said the pair had some variety of dispute but did not know each other before the taking pictures.

Subway taking pictures sufferer Darrel Rodriguez (left) with his brothers Derick and Gabriel.

Police reply to a subway station at seventh Avenue and 53rd Street in Midtown where 26-year-old Darrel Rodriguez was shot and killed on the platform on Oct. 17, 2026. Michael McWeeney for NY Post

Police said the accused killer turned himself in with his lawyer on Thursday, and is being charged with second-degree homicide, legal possession of a weapon and legal possession of a loaded weapon.

Rodriguez, who manned the entrance desk as a safety guard at a Manhattan constructing, lived in the Bronx and cared for his ailing father, according to neighbors and family said.

He was described as a “beautiful kid” in his neighborhood, and has two brothers, including a twin in the army who lives in Texas.