A shooting occurred at the 36th Street subway station in New York’s Brooklyn around 8:30 local time (15:30 Moscow time). According to preliminary information from the local police, 13 people were injured as a result. The AP reports that at least 11 victims are being cared for in local hospitals, five of them for gunshot wounds.
There is no official information regarding the dead yet. According to NBCresulting in the death of five people. According to the publication The New York Timespolice are looking for the assailant (a man in an orange work vest and gas mask) who fled the scene.
Police to investigate NYC subway shooting as a terrorist attack Newsweek with a link to the source. The NYPD did not confirm this information to TASS.
There has been an increase in shootings in New York this year. According to statistics from the New York Police Department, as of April 3, the number of shooting incidents increased from 260 to 296 compared to the same period last year.
