NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say at least 10 people were shot and six others injured when a gunman in a gas mask filled a rush-hour subway train with smoke and opened fire in Brooklyn.
The shooter was on the loose later Tuesday and described as dangerous.
Officials say five people are in critical condition but expected to survive.
The attack is not being investigated as terrorism, but Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell says she isn’t ruling anything out.
The attack has left some New Yorkers jittery about riding the nation’s busiest subway system and prompted officials to increase policing at transportation hubs from Philadelphia to Connecticut.
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NEW YORK (AP) — At least 10 people were shot and eight others injured when a gunman filled a rush-hour subway train with smoke and opened fire Tuesday morning.
Police were still searching for the shooter.
There were no life-threatening injuries and the attack was not being investigated as terrorism.
Officials said at least 16 in all were injured in some way in the attack at the 36th Street station in the borough’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
According to multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation, preliminary information indicated that the gunman who fled was wearing a construction vest and a gas mask.
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NEW YORK (AP) — At least five people were shot at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York.
Police are searching for a shooter.
Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke Tuesday morning at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park found multiple people shot and unexploded devices.
The fire department said 13 people were injured.
A photo from the scene showed people tending to bloodied passengers lying on the floor of the station.
According to multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation, preliminary information indicated a suspect was wearing a construction vest and a gas mask.
Further details were not immediately available.
Trains were delayed.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The photos below contain graphic images of the aftermath of the attack at a NYC subway station.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement sources say five people were shot at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York.
Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke Tuesday morning at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park found multiple people shot and unexploded devices.
The fire department said 13 people were injured, but no details were provided.
A photo from the scene showed people tending to bloodied passengers lying on the floor of the station.
According to multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation, preliminary information indicated a suspect was wearing a construction vest and a gas mask.
Further details were not immediately available.
Trains were delayed.
