NYPD: Subway Mass Shooter Had Three “Extended Round Magazines” But His Gun Had Jammed [VIDEO]

ABC News reports:

According to a police official, the suspect was seen mumbling to himself before he put on the gas mask, released a smoke canister commonly bought online and opened fire with .380 caliber handgun.

There were no working cameras in the 36th Street station, according to a police official. But police were able to get an image of the suspect from a bystander’s cellphone video, a law enforcement official told ABC News.

In the subway station, police found a handgun with three extended round magazines: one on the shooter’s backpack, one empty on the floor and one in the gun jammed, the law enforcement official said. The gun jamming is believed to have saved lives, the official said.

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Update: Police recovered a handgun with three extended magazines, the one in the gun jammed, inside the Brooklyn subway station, law enforcement official tells @ABC News. – @AaronKatersky

Multiple smoke devices also recovered. https://t.co/jGJvPzXZnL

— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) April 12, 2022

At least 16 people were injured, 10 of them by gunfire, in the subway in Brooklyn during the Tuesday morning rush, officials said, after a man released a canister of smoke and opened fire on an N train. The suspect is still at large. https://t.co/U8uvNYYutA pic.twitter.com/YlUmpCoaY7

— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 12, 2022