None of the injured are in life-threatening condition. The police, who are still looking for the perpetrator, do not assume a terrorist background.
The perpetrator, a black man, is said to have put on a gas mask and then fired a smoke grenade. Then he stepped outside and shot inside at the passengers. They fled the subway in panic.
Photos show several people with gunshot wounds being treated at the subway station. Other people were taken to hospital with unknown injuries.
Avoid metro station
Police are urging people to avoid the metro station and the surrounding area. It’s about the subway station at 36th street in Sunset Park. There, a man is said to have opened fire before fleeing. Eyewitnesses report that he was wearing an orange vest and a gas mask.
The fire service responded to a report of smoke in the metro station. When the fire service arrived, they found several shot people and a number of possible explosives, a spokesman for the fire service told Fox News.
–
–
‘Perpetrator is on the run, schools in the area in lockdown’
Reporter Sophie van der Meer is currently in New York. “At least five people were injured, two of them seriously. Witnesses say they first saw smoke, possibly from a smoke bomb, and then heard shots. The perpetrator was dressed in an orange safety vest and had a gas mask on. would appear from surveillance images. He or she is still a fugitive. The schools in the vicinity of the station are therefore now in lockdown,” says Van der Meer.
“It’s a big subway station with three lines. It was very busy because it was 8:30 in the morning when it happened. So the morning rush hour. Then the subways are filled with travelers going to work in Manhattan. That’s 20 minutes away.”
“Recently there have been many violent incidents in the New York subway. For example, two people were pushed separately in front of an approaching subway and there were more frequent stabbings. The motive for the shooting is still completely unclear. But it seems prepared in every case. case, because the perpetrator threw a smoke bomb and was wearing a gas mask. The security services in New York are therefore on high alert.”
–
–
