A gunman filled a subway train at rush hour with smoke and shot dead several people on Tuesday, leaving injured commuters bleeding on a platform in Brooklyn while others ran screaming, authorities said. Police are still searching for the shooter. Officials said at least eight people were injured in the shooting, and at least 16 were injured in some way in the attack on the 36th Street station in the Sunset Park neighborhood.
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The video of a train driver shows smoke and people pouring out of a subway car. Soldiers explode as passengers run to the exit while several others limp off the train. One falls to the platform and a person shouts, “Someone call 911!” is on the floor of a subway car. “The door to the subway opened for me in distress. There was smoke and blood and people were screaming, “eyewitness Sam Carcamo told 1010 WINS radio, saying he saw a giant stream of smoke pouring from train N after the door opened.
New York Police Department (NYPD) officials investigating the incident said no explosive devices were found during the preliminary search at the Brooklyn subway site. Reuters reports that US Attorney General Merrick Garland has received a preliminary briefing and is monitoring the situation.
(Contributed by agencies)
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