SUBWAY passengers were seen running for their lives from a smoke-filled subway car as bangs started ringing when a gunman opened fire at a Brooklyn subway station.
Video from inside a subway car shows commuters panicking as they hear what appear to be multiple shots ringing in a separate car during the morning commute in New York.
At least 16 people were injured, ten of them shot, during the Tuesday morning attack at the 36th Street subway station in Sunset Park.
NYC Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said none of the victims have life-threatening injuries, with five listed in critical but stable condition.
She added that the motive for the attack is unknown but it’s not being investigated as a terrorist attack.
The suspect reportedly entered the N train, put on a gas mask and detonated smoke bombs before opening fire.
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Witnesses have recalled the terrifying moments after the suspect, still on the run, unleashed the attack.
A witness who was on the N train to Manhattan told the New York Post there were so many rounds fired that she “lost count.”
Witness Conrad Aderer told the New York Daily News he saw someone bleeding from a leg exiting the train.
“I was heading into 36th Street Station in Brooklyn when a young guy who was bleeding from the legs said people were injured and bleeding,” he said.
Images from the subway platform show several bloodied people who appear hurt lying on the floor.
Authorities are searching for a Black male suspect, about 5 feet 5 inches tall, heavily built, who was wearing a gas mask, a green construction vest and a gray sweatshirt
New York Governor Kathy Hochul says the incident being treated as an active shooter situation across the city.
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Investigators are reportedly combing through subway tunnels, based on some witness reports, he may have jumped to the tracks.
The latest violent episode comes amid fears about public safety as New York City struggles to recover from the pandemic.
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