Second update: At least 13 people are injured. Per the tweet/video below, the suspect was on the platform at 24th street and fired a smoke bomb then started shooting when the doors of the train opened. After the doors closed, the train proceeded to 36th street where the wounded then exited.
The shooter was on the platform of 24th Street, when the doors of the metro train opened, he first fired a smoke bomb and then started shooting. The door then closed and the train reached 36th Street where the wounded came out.#NewYork #Shooting #Brooklyn #USA pic.twitter.com/XMWyIxHi5F
— Madhaw Tiwari (@MadhawTiwari) April 12, 2022
Update: The suspect is reportedly wearing a gas mask and on the run.
NOW – Multiple people shot at New York City subway station. Several "undetonated devices" found. Trains halted.
Suspect is wearing a gas mask and is on the run.pic.twitter.com/2hWjvjUXI4
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) April 12, 2022
Several people have been shot in a Brooklyn, New York subway with reports also of a possible explosion.
NYPD investigating possible explosion in Brooklyn subway station during morning rush hour https://t.co/KrVcVZrfsK pic.twitter.com/BsggS6kwAZ
— New York Post (@nypost) April 12, 2022
There is some indication the explosion may have been a “smoke bomb.”
At least 5 people shot, “smoke bomb” set off on the platform of a subway station at 36th and 4th Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. @CBSNewYork https://t.co/kiZrM5FiCD
— Aundrea Cline-Thomas (@AClineThomas) April 12, 2022
It broke out at 36th and 4th Avenue during rush hour around 8:30 a.m.
Clair, a straphanger who witnessed the event while riding the Manhattan-bound N train, told The Post there were so many rounds fired off she “lost count.”
“There was like, lots of them. I don’t even know how many,” she said.
She said she saw the man — who was described as a 5-foot-5 black man, around 170 pounds wearing an orange vest and gas mask — drop “some kind of cylinder that sparked at the top.”
Media is also claiming that multiple undetonated devices were found.
#BREAKING: According to the first responders, multiple people have been shot at a subway station in Brooklyn and "several undetonated devices" have been found.
It took place at the 36th Street and 4th Avenue station.
As CNN noted, this comes amid a slew of attacks on the Metro. pic.twitter.com/lJ348ZLIwJ
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) April 12, 2022
Graphic photos showing blood-stained subway platform floors and injured people at the station have emerged on social media, but it was still unclear how many victims were injured in a possible explosion, a mass shooting or both, police officials said.
The NYPD’s bomb squad is on the scene investigating.
A spokesman for the FDNY said multiple undetonated devices were found.
The suspect is believed to be dressed in some sort of construction garb, similar to an MTA worker, sources said.
This is a breaking news story. We’ll continue to report as updates become available.
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