A yet-to-be-identified 36-year-old man was shøt multiple times and critically wounded on a New York City subway train as it arrived at a busy station in downtown Brooklyn on Thursday, panicking evening rush hour passengers, NBC New York is reporting.
ABC7 New York reports that police say an investigation is underway concerning the man armed with a gun who provoked another man on a subway train in Brooklyn. The shocking encounter was caught in a cellphone video. Police report that a 32-year-old man boarded the train at the Nostrand Avenue Station. As the train started moving, police say he was approached by a 36-year-old man who was already on the train. Witnesses described the 36-year-old as aggressive and provocative towards the 32-year-old man.
The two exchanged words, which turned physical and led to the 36-year-old to take out a knife or a razor blade. Police say the 36-year-old put the sharp object down and that’s when he retrieved a gun from his jacket.
The 36-year-old started to walk toward the 32-year-old with the firearm, in a menacing way, which is when the fight once again turned physical. During the physical altercation, the gun taken from the 36-year-old by the 32-year-old, who then fired shots, striking the 36-year-old aggressor in the head.
Cellphone video captured the dispute between the two men, and the frantic moments as passengers scrambled to safety when the shots rang out. One woman can be hear screaming, “let me out, let me out!” The train then pulled into the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station, where officers heard the shots and flooded the crime scene. The 36-year-old was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in critical condition. Authorities says a gun was recovered at the scene. The 32-year-old is in custody and is being questioned by police. No charges have been filed at this time.
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