![]() ![]() The commissioner said the attack began in the train car as it was about to enter the station. The subway assailant was described by police from eyewitness accounts as a man of heavy build, wearing an orange vest, a gray sweatshirt, a green helmet and surgical mask. Attempts by Reuters to reach any of the phone numbers associated with James were unsuccessful. James had addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin, officials said. Police said they recovered the key to the van at the crime scene and it had been rented in Philadelphia. New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Keechant Sewell said a U-Haul van believed to be connected to the shooting was later located in Brooklyn, but the perpetrator remained at large several hours after the shooting.Īt an early evening news briefing, police named a "person of interest" in the investigation as Frank James, who investigators believed had rented the U-Haul vehicle. The fire department said two of those hurt were treated at the scene.Īll of the victims were expected to survive their injuries, police said. Some collapsed to the pavement as they poured onto the platform of the 36th Street station. Police said 13 more people suffered from smoke inhalation or were otherwise injured in the chaos as panicked riders fled the smoke-filled subway car. Ten people were hit directly by gunfire, including five hospitalized in critical but stable condition, authorities said. The attack unfolded as a Manhattan-bound subway train on the N line was pulling into an underground station in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood. Police said the gunman was believed to have acted alone and immediately fled the crime scene. ![]() NEW YORK, April 12 (Reuters) - Police mounted an intense manhunt on Tuesday for a gunman who set off two smoke bombs and opened fire in a New York subway car, injuring more than 20 people in a morning rush-hour attack that prompted new calls to fight violence in the city's transit system. ![]()
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