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A gunman wearing a gas mask and orange construction vest is on the run after shooting at least eight people on a packed subway train in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, as it inched towards the 36th Street station during rush hour on Tuesday morning.
Shortly before 8.30am, the gunman - described by witnesses as a 5ft 5 black man, weighing 170lbs, wearing an orange construction vest and gas mask, is believed to have let off a smoke grenade on a northbound N train as it moved towards 36th Street in Brooklyn.
Witnesses from the train car say they thought fireworks were being let off before they realized someone was in fact shooting at passengers in one end of the car.
Eight people were shot including one who is now in a serious condition but fire department sources say 13 in total were injured; four suffered smoke inhalation and the 13th injured is a pregnant woman. None are thought to have life-threatening injuries.
The terrified passengers were then trapped on the moving train until it 36th Street. Video shows them spilling out onto the platform as soon as the doors opened, coughing as smoke billowed out from the subway car.
Some passengers carried wounded victims off the train and lay them on the platform to render aid until help came. Others, fearing for their life, ran away in tears.
Multiple smoke bombs were found at the 36th Street station, according to the FDNY.
The gunman remains at large nearly three hours after the shooting. NYPD units are scouring the city's empty subway tunnels to find him and an amber alert has been issued.
Schools surrounding the subway station were ordered to shelter in place and an amber alert was issued throughout much of the city.
Story and Very graphic pictures here.. *warning* do not click on the link if you do not want to see Body parts and blood...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...an-gas-mask-rush-hour-explosion-shooting.html
Shortly before 8.30am, the gunman - described by witnesses as a 5ft 5 black man, weighing 170lbs, wearing an orange construction vest and gas mask, is believed to have let off a smoke grenade on a northbound N train as it moved towards 36th Street in Brooklyn.
Witnesses from the train car say they thought fireworks were being let off before they realized someone was in fact shooting at passengers in one end of the car.
Eight people were shot including one who is now in a serious condition but fire department sources say 13 in total were injured; four suffered smoke inhalation and the 13th injured is a pregnant woman. None are thought to have life-threatening injuries.
The terrified passengers were then trapped on the moving train until it 36th Street. Video shows them spilling out onto the platform as soon as the doors opened, coughing as smoke billowed out from the subway car.
Some passengers carried wounded victims off the train and lay them on the platform to render aid until help came. Others, fearing for their life, ran away in tears.
Multiple smoke bombs were found at the 36th Street station, according to the FDNY.
The gunman remains at large nearly three hours after the shooting. NYPD units are scouring the city's empty subway tunnels to find him and an amber alert has been issued.
Schools surrounding the subway station were ordered to shelter in place and an amber alert was issued throughout much of the city.
Story and Very graphic pictures here.. *warning* do not click on the link if you do not want to see Body parts and blood...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...an-gas-mask-rush-hour-explosion-shooting.html
