NYC subway shooting renews violence worries after National Guard called in

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

A MAN IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD ON A BROOKLYN SUBWAY TRAIN DURING RUSH HOUR THURSDAY.THE ALTERCATION ERUPTED BETWEEN A 32-YEAR-OLD MAN AND A 36-YEAR-OLD VICTIM ONBOARD A NORTHBOUND A TRAIN AT A BROOKLYN STATION.

THE POLICE CHIEF OF TRANSIT HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE – AND SAID THE 32-YEAR-OLD HAD GOTTEN ON THE TRAIN – AND WAS APPROACHED BY THE 36-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO WAS ACTING BEHAVING AGGRESSIVELY – BRANDISHING A KNIFE.

THE CHIEF SAID A WOMAN – WHO APPEARED TO BE WITH THE 32-YEAR-OLD MAN – HAD A SHARP OBJECT AND STABBED THE 36-YEAR-OLD.

[CHIEF MICHAEL KEMPER, NYPD CHIEF OF TRANSIT]

“THE 36 YEAR OLD, REMOVED A FIREARM FROM HIS JACKET. HE THEN TOOK THAT FIREARM, STARTED WALKING TOWARD THE 32 YEAR OLD WHO WAS ON THE TRAIN, YELLING AT HIM, WALKING TOWARD HIM IN A MENACING WAY. AND IT BECAME PHYSICAL AGAIN BETWEEN THE TWO. DURING THIS PHYSICAL CONFRONTATION. WELL, THAT GUN, WE BELIEVE, WAS REMOVED FROM THE 36 YEAR OLD BY THE 32 YEAR OLD. AND THE 32 YEAR OLD FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS, STRIKING THE 36 YEAR OLD.”

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

SHOTS WERE FIRED — CAUSING PANIC AMONG PASSENGERS.
OFFICERS SWIFTLY RESPONDED AND APPREHENDED THE SUSPECT.
THIS INCIDENT ADDS TO RECENT CONCERNS ABOUT SUBWAY SAFETY FOLLOWING A SERIES OF VIOLENT EVENTS.
IT ALSO COMES A WEEK AFTER GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL ANNOUNCED SHE WAS DEPLOYING THE NATIONAL GUARD TO HELP SECURE THE SUBWAY SYSTEM AND KEEP NEW YORKERS SAFE.
AUTHORITIES HAVE NOT DETERMINED WHETHER CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE 32-YEAR-OLD, EMPHASIZING THE ONGOING INVESTIGATION.