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5 shot dead, unexploded devices found at New York City subway station

Updated on: 12 April,2022 09:00 PM IST  |  New York
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'Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street station in the Sunset Park neighborhood found multiple people shot and undetonated devices,' says New York City Fire Department spokesperson

5 shot dead, unexploded devices found at New York City subway station

Members of the New York Police Department and emergency personel crowd the streets near a subway station in the New York City. Pic/AFP

Five people were shot Tuesday morning at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York, law enforcement sources said.


Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke at the 36th Street station in the Sunset Park neighborhood found multiple people shot and undetonated devices, a New York City Fire Department spokesperson said.


According to multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation, preliminary information indicated a suspect was wearing a construction vest and a gas mask.


A photo from the scene showed people tending to bloodied passengers lying on the floor of the station.

Further details were not immediately available.

Trains servicing that station were delayed during the morning rush hour.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams' office did not immediately have more details. Adams was at the mayor's residence Tuesday morning.

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