Man in gas mask and orange construction vest shoots ‘multiple people’ at Brooklyn subway station during morning rush hour: Wounded commuters lie across bloodied platform as cops hunt shooter and bomb squad arrive
- At least five people were shot at around 8.30am at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, on Tuesday
- The FDNY says multiple undetonated devices were found at the scene – a bomb squad is at the scene
- The NYPD is now hunting for a suspect wearing a gas mask and orange construction vest
- Social media photos show victims lying on the platform with blood pouring from their legs
- It’s unclear exactly how many people were targeted and what condition they are all in
- There were reports of an explosion at around the same time but the NYPD has not yet confirmed
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A gunman wearing a gas mask and orange construction vest is on the run in Brooklyn after shooting at least five people on a packed subway station platform in Sunset Park during rush hour on Tuesday.
At least five people are believed to be injured, with four said to be either shot or hit by shrapnel and another shot on the R train at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park.
At around the same time, there were reports of an explosion nearby. It’s unclear where the gunman is now but NYPD units are hunting for him.
An NYPD spokesman could only confirm that a shooting had taken place and that no one was in custody.
Multiple undetonated devices have been found at the scene that the FDNY is now working to remove safely.
A mass shooting and possible explosion have rocked a subway train in New York at rush hour
Horror pictures from the scene showed blood strewn across the carriage during the latest attack to rock the city
Cops are hunting a man in a gas mask and orange construction vest after a rush-hour explosion and shooting in a Brooklyn subway
NYPD said they were still searching for the man after the carnage on the R train at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park around 8.30am
As many as five people are believed to have been injured during the shooting and possible explosion
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