NEW YORK CITY: One particular person was killed and 5 others wounded following a dispute between two teams of youngsters at a New York Metropolis subway station Monday in the beginning of the night rush hour, authorities stated.
The gunfire broke out on an elevated prepare platform within the Bronx at round 4:30 p.m., a time when stations all through the town are stuffed with youngsters coming residence from college and plenty of staff are starting their night commute.
A 34-year-old man was killed, police stated. The wounded included a 14-year-old lady and 15-year-old boy, and three adults, ages 28, 29 and 71. A number of the victims have been believed concerned within the dispute and others have been ready for the prepare, authorities stated, describing 4 of the accidents as severe.
“We don’t imagine this was a random capturing. We don’t imagine that this was a person indiscriminately firing right into a prepare or a prepare station,” NYPD’s chief of transit, Michael Kemper, stated at a information convention. “This incident in the present day occurred because of two teams that began combating whereas on a prepare.”
The gunfire erupted when the prepare pulled into the station, Kemper stated, hanging individuals on the platform.
“The doorways opened up and not less than one of many people in that group, or within the two teams, took out a gun and fired photographs,” Kemper stated. “Folks began working off the prepare onto the platform and extra photographs have been fired on the platform.”
A hunt was on for not less than one shooter, who fled the scene.
“The prepare was coming and there have been two youngsters yelling,” witness Efrain Feliciano, 61, informed the Day by day Information. “There have been not less than six photographs.”
“I noticed sparkles because the bullets hit the wall,” Feliciano stated. “A girl was holding a toddler screaming.”
Video from tv information helicopters confirmed a subway prepare stopped on the station and orange proof cones on the platform, which is three stops north of Yankee Stadium. Trains have been nonetheless working by means of the station on an specific observe, however weren’t stopping as police investigated.
Concern of violence on the subway system spiked after a string of incidents lately, however general, crime in New York Metropolis has been plummeting since a surge on the top of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The variety of individuals shot citywide dropped 39% final 12 months in comparison with 2022. Killings on the subway system additionally dropped final 12 months, from 10 to five.
“Not solely individuals have to be really secure, however what now we have accomplished in decreasing crime, they need to really feel secure,” Mayor Eric Adams stated on 1010 Wins radio, “and one thing like this may ship shockwaves all through our complete system.”
The gunfire broke out on an elevated prepare platform within the Bronx at round 4:30 p.m., a time when stations all through the town are stuffed with youngsters coming residence from college and plenty of staff are starting their night commute.
A 34-year-old man was killed, police stated. The wounded included a 14-year-old lady and 15-year-old boy, and three adults, ages 28, 29 and 71. A number of the victims have been believed concerned within the dispute and others have been ready for the prepare, authorities stated, describing 4 of the accidents as severe.
“We don’t imagine this was a random capturing. We don’t imagine that this was a person indiscriminately firing right into a prepare or a prepare station,” NYPD’s chief of transit, Michael Kemper, stated at a information convention. “This incident in the present day occurred because of two teams that began combating whereas on a prepare.”
The gunfire erupted when the prepare pulled into the station, Kemper stated, hanging individuals on the platform.
“The doorways opened up and not less than one of many people in that group, or within the two teams, took out a gun and fired photographs,” Kemper stated. “Folks began working off the prepare onto the platform and extra photographs have been fired on the platform.”
A hunt was on for not less than one shooter, who fled the scene.
“The prepare was coming and there have been two youngsters yelling,” witness Efrain Feliciano, 61, informed the Day by day Information. “There have been not less than six photographs.”
“I noticed sparkles because the bullets hit the wall,” Feliciano stated. “A girl was holding a toddler screaming.”
Video from tv information helicopters confirmed a subway prepare stopped on the station and orange proof cones on the platform, which is three stops north of Yankee Stadium. Trains have been nonetheless working by means of the station on an specific observe, however weren’t stopping as police investigated.
Concern of violence on the subway system spiked after a string of incidents lately, however general, crime in New York Metropolis has been plummeting since a surge on the top of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The variety of individuals shot citywide dropped 39% final 12 months in comparison with 2022. Killings on the subway system additionally dropped final 12 months, from 10 to five.
“Not solely individuals have to be really secure, however what now we have accomplished in decreasing crime, they need to really feel secure,” Mayor Eric Adams stated on 1010 Wins radio, “and one thing like this may ship shockwaves all through our complete system.”
