At least 10 people were shot and six others injured after a man wearing a gas mask opened fire on a moving New York City subway train during rush hour Tuesday morning, authorities said. None of the wounded have life-threatening injuries, and this isn’t being considered an act of terrorism, according to authorities. Police were looking for a man, believed to be about 5-foot-5, 180 pounds and wearing a gas mask, who allegedly opened fire with a handgun, sources said.
Several commuters posted images of bloodshed and smoke in the Brooklyn subway station immediately after the attack.
A Manhattan-bound N train was pulling into the 36th Street Station when shots rang out inside a subway car at about 8:24 a.m., NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell told reporters.
In addition to the 10 shot people shot, at least six others were hurt in the frantic rush to get away from the N train, the FDNY said.
President Biden has been briefed on the subway shooting. White House senior staffs are in touch with New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Commissioner Sewell to offer any assistance as needed.
“I’m closely monitoring the situation this morning at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park in our beloved Brooklyn,” Brooklyn native and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a statement.
“I’m praying for all the victims, their families, all those impacted. I’m grateful for the quick action of our first responders.”
Sixteen people were treated for injuries, including 10 for gunshot wounds, following the shooting in a Brooklyn subway station, said Laura Kavanagh, the acting FDNY commissioner, at today’s briefing.
“Ten of those patients are suffering from gunshot wounds at this time and five are in stable, but critical condition,” Kavanagh said.
The governor urged New Yorkers to remain vigilant .New York governor says there is an “active shooter situation” in NYC right now, she said In Press conference.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul warned New Yorkers that a suspected gunman who shot multiple people on the subway on Tuesday morning is still at large.
“Tranquility and normalness was disrupted, brutally disrupted, by an individual so cold-hearted and depraved of heart that they had no caring about the individuals that they assaulted as they simply went about their daily lives. This individual is still on the loose. This person is dangerous,” Hochul said.
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Hochul said she just spoke with New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who has Covid-19.
New York City Police Department Commissioner Keechant Sewell said there were no life-threatening injuries suffered during today’s shooting.
Sewell said that at 8:24 a.m. ET, as the Manhattan-bound N train waited to enter the 36th Street subway, a man wearing a gas mask took a canister out of his bag and opened it.
“The train at that time began to fill with smoke. He then opened fire, striking multiple people on the subway and in the platform,” she said.
The commissioner confirmed that the shooting happened inside the subway car.
“The suspect was in the train car. The shooting began in the train car,” Sewell said.
Sewell described the suspect as Black male with a heavy build, wearing a green construction-type vest with a hooded gray sweatshirt.
Sewell said there was no known motive at this time.
“We do not know the motive at this time, but we’re not ruling anything out,” she said.
Facebook has established a crisis response page for users to mark themselves as safe following Tuesday’s subway shooting in Brooklyn, New York.
