After killing at least five people on a crowded subway train in Sunset Park during rush hour on Tuesday, a gunman wearing a gas mask and an orange construction vest is on the run in Brooklyn.

The attacker is thought to have tossed a smoke bomb inside a northbound R train at the 25th Street Station in Brooklyn shortly before 8.30 a.m., then opened fire as the train doors closed. Five people were shot, one of them is now in a bad condition, but according to fire department officials, 13 people were hurt in total.

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The injured passengers jumped out of the train carriage at 36th Street, alarming those waiting to board, according to The New York Daily News. It’s unclear if he shot from the 25th Street station platform or if he was already on the train.

They can be seen writhing around on the blood-stained 36th Street platform, waiting to be carried to the hospital, in horrifying photographs and videos.

According to the FDNY, multiple undetonated explosives were discovered at the 36th Street station, although none are active, according to the NYPD.

A bomb squad has arrived on the site. The gunman is now being sought by NYPD units.

He shot ‘too many rounds to count,’ according to one witness, according to The New York Post. It’s still unknown what kind of weapon he used. The gunman was described as a ‘5ft 5 black male weighing 170 lbs’ by the Post’s sources.

‘At first, I assumed he was an MTA employee because I didn’t want to pay too much attention.’ You know what I mean? ‘You’re wearing the orange,’ the witness observed.

Cemil Toseglu, who owns a store across the street from the station, described how his terrified 17-year-old daughter was on the train to school when it was attacked.

‘My kid was headed to school and was on the same train when everything happened,’ he told DailyMail.com. She stated that there was smoke and that she was instructed to board the other train.

‘She’s fine now, and she came to see me before I sent her home.’ She’s fine, but she’s taken aback. I didn’t believe it was that serious at first, but she later informed me that people were saying that a man with a pistol and possibly a bomb was on the loose.’

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After early reports stated 13 people were hurt, several of them shot, during the morning rush, police were looking for a guy wearing a worker’s vest and gas mask.
The shooting in a metro station has heightened public safety concerns.

Officials claimed many people were shot on the platform of a Brooklyn subway station during the morning rush on Tuesday, a violent incident that heightened simmering public safety concerns as New York City attempts to recover from the pandemic.

According to the Fire Department, 13 persons were hurt, with several of them being shot. The victims’ injuries and status were not disclosed by a department official.

According to a law enforcement officer, the police were looking for a man wearing a gas mask and an orange work vest.

A police spokeswoman said officers were dispatched to the 36th Street subway station, where the D, N, and R lines travel through the Sunset Park neighbourhood, at 8:30 a.m. There was also smoke inside the station, according to accounts.

Trains on the D, N, and R lines will be delayed due to an investigation, according to transit officials. The city’s subway system is operated by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which said no additional information was immediately available.

The number of shootings in New York City has increased this year, and Mayor Eric Adams has made the increase in violent gun crime a priority since taking office in January.

According to Police Department figures, shooting occurrences increased from 260 to 296 between January and April this year, compared to the same period the previous year.

This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available.

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