Brooklyn Rush Hour Subway Shooting Leaves Many Injured

Another Brooklyn Subway Shooting

The shooting happened on Tuesday around 8:30 am ET at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. An FDNY spokesperson says at least 16 people are hospitalized. This includes five people in critical condition, and ten suffering from gunshot wounds. Police are searching for the suspect and local schools have activated a “shelter in place” order, according to a spokesperson for the Education Department. AN NYPD spokesperson says the motive remains unclear.

#Exclusive video shows moment the train filled with smoke pulls into the 36th st station in #SunsetPark. @1010WINS @FDNY says multiple undetonated devices. Hearing 10 ppl shot, 13 injured 2 critical. @NYPDnews investigating along with @NewYorkFBI #1010WINS pic.twitter.com/n5cvD0YY3M
— Samantha Liebman (@SamiLiebman) April 12, 2022

Was This Domestic Terrorism In The Brooklyn Subway Shooting

Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said the attack was not being investigated as terrorism, but that she was “not ruling out anything.” The shooter has not been identified and the motive remains unknown. Witnesses say the shooter donned gas mask and let off a can a smoke before he began shooting.

“My subway door opened into calamity. It was smoke and blood and people screaming,” eyewitness Sam Carcamo told radio station 1010 WINS, saying he saw a gigantic billow of smoke pouring out of the N train once the door opened.

In video obtained by 1010 WINS, gunshots can heard on board the train as passengers rush away. Witnesses said people were already shot before the train arrived at the station. Some passengers escaped into the tunnel as others rushed onto the platform.

Mayor Eric Adams, who is isolating at Gracie Mansion with COVID-19, released a video message, saying City Hall is in close contact with city, state and federal officials. He had this to say.