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One person has been killed and multiple other people have reportedly been injured during a shooting at Mount Eden subway station in the Bronx, New York City.
Gunfire erupted at 4:40pm local time on the uptown 4 train platform after an argument broke out on a train. Initial reports from police said that at least six people have been shot, while a suspect was seen fleeing the station. The station is in the Bronx, at the intersection of Mount Eden and Jerome Avenues.
A 34-year-old man was killed, police said. The wounded included a 14-year-old girl, 15-year-old boy and three adults, ages 28, 29 and 71. Some of the victims were believed to have been involved in the dispute and others were bystanders waiting for the train, police said, describing four of the injuries as serious.
Police recovered multiple shell casings on the platform, while crews cleared traffic beneath the train station to facilitate the movement of multiple ambulances that rushed to the scene, as shooting victims were brought down from the platform.
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At least six people have reportedly been shot (CBS News New York)“We don’t believe this was a random shooting. We do not believe that this was an individual indiscriminately firing into a train or a train station,” NYPD’s chief of transit, Michael Kemper, said at a news conference.
Reports claim that the people involved in the incident were teenagers engaged in a fight that appears to have begun on a 4 train that spilt onto the platform. At around 5:30pm local time, emergency services declared that the scene was safe.
The gunfire sent passengers rushing off the train while people on the platform scrambled for safety.
“The train was coming and there were two kids yelling,” witness Efrain Feliciano, 61, told the Daily News. “There were at least six shots.”
“I saw sparkles as the bullets hit the wall,” he added “A woman was holding a child screaming.”
Police are on the hunt for two suspects (CBS News New York)Police are reportedly on the hunt for two male suspects last seen heading westbound on Mount Eden. The first is described as Black, wearing a gray hoodie, and black Nike Tech jacket.
The second is described as Black and is wearing a white jacket with a red patch on the front.
The Mount Eden station is in the Bronx, at the intersection of Mount Eden and Jerome Avenues.Video from television news helicopters showed the train stopped at the station and orange evidence cones on the platform, which is three stops north of Yankee Stadium.
The condition of the victims is unknown as of yet (CBS News New York)“It was total pandemonium,” Luis Rodriguez, 34, told The New York Post. “It makes you scared to ride the train.”
The city's Metropolitan Authority(MTA) said it would reroute trains around the station. NYPD officials are simultaneously urging residents and visitors to steer clear of Jerome Avenue between Inwood Avenue and Townsend Avenue.
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New York Congressman Ritchie Torres described the attack at Mount Eden a "mass shooting." In a tweet, he reiterated that the suspects were still at large and relayed the vital information from law enforcement to his followers. A video shared under Toress' tweet, which shows the perspective of a motorist, shows about three unmarked police cars arriving to the scene with their sirens blaring.