New York City Police Department personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022.
At least 16 people have been injured, 10 shot and 5 are in critical but stable condition after Tuesday's morning shooting at Brooklyn subway station during peak commuting hours when employees, students were heading towards work. The area has been cordoned off and police teams are monitoring the situation. Addressing a presser, the New York Police Department (NYPD) commissioner said Brooklyn subway attack is not being investigated as terrorism as there are no life-threatening injuries. Hunt for a black male 5'5" tall, wearing a construction vest and a gas mask, with heavy build, is underway. Meanwhile, schools near the scene of the Brooklyn shooting have activated “shelter in place,” according to a spokesman for the Education Department. Speaking on the incident, New York Governor Kathy Hochul said, "No more mass shootings, no more disrupting lives...It has to end and it has to end now... We are sick and tired of reading headlines about crime." White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has said that President Joe Biden has been briefed about the incident.
Brooklyn subway station shooting | Top developments
- The incident occurred at the 36th Street Station in Sunset Park in Brooklyn when people were heading towards work. The subway line runs through south Brooklyn in a neighborhood about a 15-minute train ride to Manhattan.
- The suspect has been described as black male, was wearing a construction vest and a gas mask, news agency AP reported citing law enforcement agencies. Police is seeking a man with a gas mask and an orange construction vest who had been wearing a dark blue outfit that appeared to resemble that of a transit worker, a senior law enforcement official said.
- The New York police department has not yet confirmed as to how many people were shot and whether there were any fatalities.
- City police said that undetonated devices have been found from the scene.
- Media reports said the suspect likely used a smoke bomb to distract the commuters before opening fire.
- Photos, videos show multiple people lying on blood-soaked train platform with gun shot injury at the station.
- New York police in an advisory has said, "due to an investigation, avoid the area of 36th Street and 4th Avenue area in Brooklyn. Expect emergency vehicles and delays in the surrounding area."
- An NYPD source has told Fox News' Marta Dhanis there are no known "active devices" at the moment. Police are asking any witnesses to call 800-577-TIPS.
- NYPD Counterterrorism units are also responding to the scene. Additional units, including police K9s and heavy weaponry have been deployed to subway stations around New York City.
- The shootings come as New York City has faced a spate a shootings and high-profile incidents in recent months, including on the city's subways. One of the most shocking was in January when a woman was pushed to her death in front of a train by a stranger.
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