It was smoke, blood and people screaming: Eyewitness at New York subway, 13 injured in shooting
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Photos and videos from the scene showed people tending to bloodied passengers lying on the floor of the station and the air filled with smoke.
New York: At least five people were shot and injured on Tuesday at a subway station in New York City during a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform. Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street station in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighbourhood at around 8.30 am found at least 13 people were hurt, but - aside from the five shot - there were no details on what those injuries entailed.
According to multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation, preliminary information indicated that a suspect fled wearing a construction vest and a gas mask. Photos and video from the scene showed people tending to bloodied passengers lying on the floor of the station and the air filled with smoke.
Fire and police officials were investigating reports that there had been an explosion, but the police department tweeted that there were "no active explosive devices" at this time. Multiple smoke devices were found on the scene, mayoral spokesperson Fabien Levy, who confirmed the initial shooting injury count, said. "My subway door opened into calamity. It was smoke and blood and people screaming," eyewitness Sam Carcamo told radio station 1010 WINS, saying he saw a gigantic billow of smoke pouring out of the N train once the door opened.
A bystander video shows people lying on the subway platform amid what appeared to be small puddles of blood, as a loudspeaker announcement told everyone on the smoke-hazy platform to get on a train. Inside a subway car, a person lay on the floor, encircled by others. Outside the station, a police officer yelled, "Let's go! Get out of the way!" Trains servicing that station were delayed during the morning rush hour.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams' office did not immediately have more details. Adams was at the mayor's residence Tuesday morning and was being briefed. The incident happened on a subway line that runs through south Brooklyn in a neighborhood about a 15-minute train ride to Manhattan. Local schools, including Sunset Park High School across the street, were locked down. Danny Mastrogiorgio of Brooklyn had just dropped his son off at school when he saw a crush of passengers, including multiple wounded, running up the subway stairway at the 25th Street station in panic. At least two had visible leg injuries, he said.
