Mass Subway Shooting During Rush Hour In Brooklyn

New York City police are on the hunt for a gunman who opened fire instigating a mass subway shooting during rush hour Tuesday morning as it approached the 36th Street station in Brooklyn. Sixteen people were injured in the incident – ten by gunfire – with five in critical but stable condition.

A gunman donned a gas mask, detonated a smoke canister and opened fire on a New York City subway train Tuesday morning, injuring at least 16 people and sparking panic during the rush-hour commute.

Latest updates: https://t.co/zIh8e718Ta pic.twitter.com/xbmszIERh0 — ABC News (@ABC) April 12, 2022

From ABC News:

The incident, reported just before 8:30 a.m. local time, started on a Manhattan-bound N subway car as it approached the 36th Street subway station in Sunset Park in Brooklyn, New York City Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at a news conference.

The suspect put on a gas mask and opened a canister, Sewell said. As the train filled with smoke, he opened fire, striking multiple people in the subway car and on the platform, she said.

Read the full report here. Related: New York City Bus Drivers Want To Carry Tasers More from the local Fox News affiliate: https://youtu.be/dvhZFHlydUU Mayor Eric Adams monitored the mass subway shooting from isolation after testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this week. “We will not allow New Yorkers to be terrorized, even by a single individual,” Mayor Adams, a former police officer, said in a video message. “N.Y.P.D. is searching for the suspect at large, and we will find him.”

My statement on this morning’s shooting in Brooklyn: pic.twitter.com/TbLfCZa7WW

— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) April 12, 2022

“I’m committing the full resources of our state to fight this surge of crime, this insanity that is seizing our city because we want to get back to normal. It has been a long, hard two years,” NY Gov. Hochul says after Brooklyn subway shooting. https://t.co/6XzxVZmP4n pic.twitter.com/xygQ5h8wII

— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) April 12, 2022

@POTUS has been briefed on the latest developments regarding the New York City subway shooting. White House senior staff are in touch with Mayor Adams and Police Commissioner Sewell to offer any assistance as needed.

— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) April 12, 2022