Status: 04/13/2022 21:04
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The suspect in the New York subway shooting has been arrested. The police arrested the 62-year-old. 23 people were injured in Tuesday’s attack.
After the shots in a New York subway with numerous injuries, the wanted suspect was arrested. This was confirmed by the police in New York. “We have him,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said at a press conference. He is due to appear in court on Thursday.
The suspect was arrested after a tip from the public. Someone called a hotline and said the suspect was at a fast food restaurant in the East Village in southeast Manhattan, authorities said at a news conference. Police officers stationed in the area then searched the area and arrested the suspect at the corner of First Avenue and St. Marks Place, a popular East Village nightlife. The 62-year-old did not resist.
Peter Mücke, ARD New York, on the alleged perpetrator after a shot in the New York subway
tagesschau24 9:30 p.m., April 13, 2022
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In the attack during rush hour on Tuesday morning, the suspect is said to have opened fire on a subway in the New York borough of Brooklyn. He is said to have been sitting in a back corner in the second car of an N train bound for Manhattan between the 59 St and 36 St stations. He put on a kind of gas mask, opened two canisters from which smoke or fog was pouring, and then opened fire, witnesses reported.
23 injured
At least 23 people were injured. Ten of them were hit by shots, 13 of them were injured while trying to escape or from smoke inhalation. According to police reports, the suspect fired 33 times in total.
The man was initially able to flee – how he managed to do this and his motive were initially completely unclear, according to the police. The incident has not yet been investigated as a terrorist act. Among other things, a semi-automatic handgun, several magazines and a small ax were found at the crime scene. A liquid suspected to be gasoline and a bag of fireworks were also found.
