The New York Daily News reports:
A gunman in a gas mask and an orange construction vest tossed a smoke bomb into a southbound R train and then opened fire on passengers early Tuesday, wounding five people, police sources said.
The mayhem began just before 8:30 a.m. at the 25th St. station in Sunset Park. As the doors closed, the man in the vest threw several smoke bombs into a train car as the doors closed and started firing, NYPD sources said.
When the train reached the 36th St. stop, the doors opened and the wounded commuters collapsed on the platform, terrifying people waiting for the train.
The New York Post reports:
At least a dozen people were injured Tuesday morning in a gruesome shooting in a Brooklyn subway station during rush hour, officials said. Clair, a straphanger who witnessed the event while riding the Manhattan-bound N train, told The Post there were so many rounds fired off she “lost count.”
She said she saw the man — who was described as a 5-foot-5 black man, around 170 pounds wearing an orange vest and gas mask — drop “some kind of cylinder that sparked at the top.”
“I thought he was an MTA worker at first because I was like, I didn’t like pay too much attention. You know? You’ve got the orange on,” she said.
Multiple people shot at 36 street station by two people in #sunsetpark. All are currently being transported to the hospital #NewYork #Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/3Va2iXf0JQ
— Derek French Photo (@derekcfrench) April 12, 2022
Massive emergency response to subway station at 36th and 4th in Sunset Park – responding to multiple injuries and smoke condition in the station – stay on @NY1 for more details #NYC #Brooklyn pic.twitter.com/5VlzhlfJp4
— Roger Clark (@RogerClark41) April 12, 2022
******NSFW******
Multiple people shot in the 36th street station in Brooklyn. Multiple undetonated devices also found. Be careful out there. Definitely avoid the subway today. This was a terrorist attack.
CREDIT: Angry_yeti / IG pic.twitter.com/9XYZcmT8BH
— Tom (@TomUlloaa) April 12, 2022
BREAKING: Multiple people were shot in a Brooklyn subway station, and several undetonated devices were found, officials and sources say. https://t.co/GkHNRy0Nwq pic.twitter.com/zUBRgnPvaO
— NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) April 12, 2022