Brooklyn, NY subway shooting updates: At least 10 shot, manhunt underway for suspect, officials say
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Via: moose-knuckle • 2 years ago • 18 commentsBy: Jonathan Dienst and David K. Li (NBC News)
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Link copied April 12, 2022, 1:24 PM UTC / Updated April 12, 2022, 4:51 PM UTC By Jonathan Dienst and David K. Li
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.
The attack triggered a massive law enforcement response to Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood and a manhunt for the suspect, officials said.
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.
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None of the wounded have life-threatening injuries, and this isn't being considered an act of terrorism, according to authorities.
"The suspect was in the train car, the shooting began in the train car," Sewell said during a news conference.
"As the train was pulling into the station, the subject put on a gas mask. He then opened a canister that was in his bag and then the car began to fill with smoke. After that he began shooting."
Aftermath from shooting at subway station on 36th Street and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, N.Y.Armen Armenia via Facebook
Passengers, including some of the wounded, stumbled out of the train — with a few of them boarding an R train across the platform to get away, law enforcement sources told NBC New York.
In addition to the 10 shot, at least six others were hurt in the frantic rush to get away from the N train, the FDNY said.
Commuter Kenneth Foote-Smith called the scene "bedlam" and "like a horror movie."
He said he heard shots coming from a neighboring car as it filled with smoke. And adding to the panic, riders fleeing that smoke-filled car couldn't get into his car for safety because of a jammed door, Foote-Smith said.
The train stopped just short of the station, presumably for a red light, leading to more panic.
"We can't even see the faces of the people in the train car anymore," Foote-Smith told NBC New York.
"We luckily pull up to the station very shortly after that. And we all run out once the doors open and it's absolute bedlam. There's people fleeing up the stairs. Luckily an R train pulled up, there's people running into the R train."
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The FDNY initially said several undetonated devices were found at the scene. The NYPD, though, said no "active explosive devices" were immediately located. What was believed to be explosive devices "may just be debris," law enforcement sources said, according to NBC New York.
Police were looking for a man, believed to be about 5-foot-5, 180 pounds who wore a wear a green construction vest during the attack, officials and sources said.
Several commuters posted images of bloodshed and smoke in the Brooklyn subway station immediately after the attack.
Former NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea urged the public not to jump to conclusions based on initial reports.
"It's important to know, at a scene such as this, it can be chaotic. You can have all sorts of information coming in and trained investigators then have to sift through that to determine what is reality versus what is what somebody perceived in a split second," Shea told MSNBC.
"This crime scene is only going to grow as time goes on. You have to imagine this occurring on a moving train. So there's potential that evidence is disturbed. People running out of there frantically. So everyone is kind of at this point, settling down, and now the investigation really starts so witnesses, video, all of this is critically important at this point."raThat corner is the site of a busy station that runs the D, N and R trains. There is no service there and at some stations in Manhattan in the immediate aftermath of the mayhem.
The D and N are particularly popular lines, as they make express stops into Midtown Manhattan. Cellphones across the five boroughs buzzed hours after the incident, telling New Yorkers to stay away from that neighborhood.
Two schools were put on lockdown and most stores in the neighborhood evacuated, NBC New York reported.
CTonPresident Biden has been briefed on the subway shooting. White House senior staff 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."
Tuesday's bloodshed comes as New York City companies and employees struggle with return-to-office debates and whether workers should be forced back to headquarters they've barely seen over the last two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.in a state d ment.
"I'm prayinf or all the victims, their families, all those impacted. I'm grateful for the quick action of our first responders."
Tuesday's bloodshed comes as New York City companies and employees struggle with return-to-office debates and whether workers should be forced back to headquarters they've barely seen over the last two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This is a developing story. Please refresh here for updates.
Jonathan Dienst
Jonathan Dienst is a reporter for WNBC-TV in New York, leading its investigative reporting team and covering justice and law enforcement issues.
David K. Li
David K. Li is a breaking news reporter for NBC News.
Alec Hernandez and Doha Madani contributed.
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Can't believe this hasn't been seeded. You can't venture out on the internet without the biggest story being this.
Hopefully all survive and the suspect is apprehended without anymore violence.
“Can't believe this hasn't been seeded.”
Saying all one needs to know to understand what this site is really all about.
Echo your hopes for healing sans the inevitably inane commentary.
It was 2+ hours ago by Vic.
Even a bigger
reading what people like to waste their time discussing on News days here. Tribalism and pettiness seems to carry the day.
Along with the daily obligatory Trump bad...
...by one individual.
What are the chances he's going to still be wearing that stuff?
People need to keep in mind
This was a well planned attack looking to kill as many as possible in the shortest amount of time and then escape. Wow!
Can't rule that out right now. Still too early really to tell.
Not to make light of a terrible situation but the media coverage is it’s usually joke.
Reporters are like Locust. Consuming everything and producing nothing useful.
I don't even call them reporters any more. Calling them reporters implies that they do research and report on a real story. These morons are closer to Mommy's Basement Bloggers. They'll make shit up as they go. And that's even halfassed.
But when it comes to initial reports, even the most trained people report some wrong information initially. I've seen it not only with these bloggers but with military incident reports, police reports, fire reports, etc.
Yep, the fog of war ....
There is no doubt this is a major story.
However, for the past five or six hours MSNBC has not had even a second of coverage of any other news.
Imagine if there was a shooting in Denver where a dozen people were shot on public transportation. There is no way that cable news would cover that story wall to wall with no other news for six hours and counting.
This is "east coast bias" at work.
That said, I hope all the victims, none with life threatening injuries, recover soon.
One thing is for sure ..... not hearing much from the Defund the Police movement right about now.
Well, I was wondering what would it take to get Ukraine's war and Russia knocked off the wall-to-wall coverage list (especially CNN) - where even generic grandma's were being interviewed. Sadly, this!
It's a developing story, facts are far and in-between and "active shooter" is loose in New York City. So people show some discipline and "Hurry up and wait."
I guess he’s driving a Uhaul van.
Don’t be driving one of those around NYC right about now.