10 people shot on New York City subway
According to the New York Police Department, at least 10 people were shot at the 36th Street subway station in Sunset Park during the rush hour in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning. A total of 16 people were reported injured. One of the victims was found at 25th Street, the next station on the line.
At least four “suspicious devices” were reportedly located at the 36th Street station. The suspect is reportedly a black male, approximately 5’5” in height and weighing between 175 and 180 pounds. He was dressed in an orange construction vest and wore a gas mask. Reports indicate that he threw a “device” and began shooting with a .380 caliber handgun in the Sunset Park station. Another report referred to two shooters. No arrests have yet been made.
Witnesses on board the train during the shooting described people “pounding and looking behind them, running, trying to get on the train,” while the doors between cars were locked and at least one car filled with smoke. “The entire train station was filled with smoke,” one witness told Gothamist, adding that “there was blood everywhere. Everybody’s just running out because they thought they were next.”
Despite initial media claims to the contrary, NYPD commissioner Keechant Sewell said the incident is not being investigated as an act of terrorism. However, she said, no motive has been established, and they are “not ruling anything out.” She has urged the public to come forward with any information they may have.
Assemblymember Bichotte Hermelyn stated “I am sickened by the subway shooting in Brooklyn this morning. The devastating footage shows that even through this horror, New Yorkers are, once again, banding together to help one another. We are a community. We will help our neighbors. While we wait for information in this active investigation, please stay alert. I am praying for those wounded & their loved ones.”
