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Several people were shot dead in separate shootings involving a New York City subway in Brooklyn. The injured are 29, local media reported, citing police sources: The shooting began on the train and continued at the 36th Street subway station in Sunset Park. “The person who made that gesture is still at liberty,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said. “We ask everyone to be careful. Anyone who has information can provide it anonymously». NYPDs search for UHaul van with Arizona plates.
Terrorism is not explicitly investigated because investigators are not currently ruling out any leads. NYPD is looking for a UHaul van with Arizona plates in connection with the shooting.
The suspect (an AfricanAmerican man who authorities say is wearing a green construction vest) now wanted by police is said to be five feet tall, dressed like a subway worker and wearing a gas mask. According to witnesses, the man detonated a bomb before he started shooting. The Sunset Park area near the subway is completely closed and police have provided a number for any information about the incident, particularly for sharing videos that could help identify the suspect. Meanwhile, helicopters fly to patrol the city.
After the shooting in the subway station, antiterrorist agents were deployed in the city. A decision made as a “precautionary measure” while students at all Brooklyn public schools near the scene of the subway shooting are required to stay inside buildings. The White House is in contact with the Mayor of New York: President Joe Biden, who yesterday initiated a tightening of weapons against the increasing violence in the USA, was informed. The shooting has also raised alarms in other American cities where security has been tightened, and particularly in Washington, where there is currently no credible threat.
