The search for the alleged perpetrator of the attack on the New York subway was obstructed on Tuesday by the fact that a security camera at the 36th Street subway station that could have captured the scene wasn't working, reported Mayor Eric Adams.
There was a “failure in the camera system of that particular station,” Adams added on WCBS 880 radio.
Around 8:24am, when the train stopped at the station, in the neighborhood of Sunset Park, a man wearing a construction vest put on a gas mask before starting shooting, leaving 29 people injured, ten of them by bullets and 5 in critical condition but in stable condition.
Police have recovered a handgun and several high-capacity magazines at the subway station where the episode occurred, local media reported.
The gun, a Glock pistol, was apparently jammed, a problem that could prevent the shooter from causing even greater damage, police sources told the NY Post newspaper.
“It was fortunate that it got stuck, because we could be talking about a lot more people in hospitals or worse,” one of those sources told the newspaper. “Dozens more people could have been injured or had more serious injuries,” he added.
CNN, citing two police sources, reported that investigators recovered fireworks and gunpowder from the scene, with which the assailant allegedly created a smokescreen.
The authorities are now looking for the suspect, who presumably escaped in the midst of confusion, is black, medium height and corpulent build
Four hours after the incident, Police Chief Keechant Sewell told the media that the shooting is not being investigated as terrorism, noting that “although it was a violent incident, apparently no one has fatal injuries as a result of this case.”
Witness statements to local media and recordings shared on social media depict a chaotic scene, with frightened passengers and wounded bleeding, scattered around the car and on the platform floor as they are treated.
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