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Guess the National Guard should start checking coats and pockets too…
A fight on a packed Brooklyn train Thursday afternoon took a horrific turn when one straphanger wrestled a gun away from an apparent agitator and shot him in the head, police said.
The violence on a rush-hour northbound A train erupted when a 32-year-old man was confronted by an “aggressive” 36-year-old rider after boarding at the Nostrand Avenue subway station at 4:45 p.m., NYPD Chief Michael Kemper said at a press conference.
What started as a verbal argument quickly escalated as the 36-year-old man flashed what’s believed to be a knife or razor before pulling out a gun, Kemper said.
During the struggle, the 32-year-old managed to yank the gun away and he “fired multiple shots,” striking the other man in front of two dozen other commuters on the train car, according to Kemper.
Terrified straphangers ducked for cover in the moments after the shooting, according to video from ABC journalist Jordan Philippe, who was on the train when gunfire erupted.
Where’s the NYPD, oh my God!” one woman exclaims in the clip.
“Close the door! Close the door!” others pleaded.
People were crying, praying, huddled amongst each other hoping that the situation would lead to someone being caught and not the worst-case scenario,” Phillipe, who was on another train car, told The Post.
The subway then pulled into the A/C Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station — which houses the NYPD’s 30th transit precinct — and officers with their guns drawn flooded the car, witnesses said.
“People were fearful not knowing if the danger was inside of the train…or out on the platform, but where we were on the train, there was nowhere to go. It was a very fearful moment,” recalled Phillipe.
The shooter was arrested before he even stepped onto the platform, Kemper said.
The 36-year-old man was rushed to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in critical condition and is undergoing surgery.
Police believe the two men are total strangers.
It is not clear whether the shooter will face any charges, with police stating that the “victim appears to be the aggressor.”
“When you bring a gun on a train and you start a fight, it’s not right and it’s absolutely outrageous,” Kemper said.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/us-new...olice-sources/
A fight on a packed Brooklyn train Thursday afternoon took a horrific turn when one straphanger wrestled a gun away from an apparent agitator and shot him in the head, police said.
The violence on a rush-hour northbound A train erupted when a 32-year-old man was confronted by an “aggressive” 36-year-old rider after boarding at the Nostrand Avenue subway station at 4:45 p.m., NYPD Chief Michael Kemper said at a press conference.
What started as a verbal argument quickly escalated as the 36-year-old man flashed what’s believed to be a knife or razor before pulling out a gun, Kemper said.
During the struggle, the 32-year-old managed to yank the gun away and he “fired multiple shots,” striking the other man in front of two dozen other commuters on the train car, according to Kemper.
Terrified straphangers ducked for cover in the moments after the shooting, according to video from ABC journalist Jordan Philippe, who was on the train when gunfire erupted.
Where’s the NYPD, oh my God!” one woman exclaims in the clip.
“Close the door! Close the door!” others pleaded.
People were crying, praying, huddled amongst each other hoping that the situation would lead to someone being caught and not the worst-case scenario,” Phillipe, who was on another train car, told The Post.
The subway then pulled into the A/C Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station — which houses the NYPD’s 30th transit precinct — and officers with their guns drawn flooded the car, witnesses said.
“People were fearful not knowing if the danger was inside of the train…or out on the platform, but where we were on the train, there was nowhere to go. It was a very fearful moment,” recalled Phillipe.
The shooter was arrested before he even stepped onto the platform, Kemper said.
The 36-year-old man was rushed to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in critical condition and is undergoing surgery.
Police believe the two men are total strangers.
It is not clear whether the shooter will face any charges, with police stating that the “victim appears to be the aggressor.”
“When you bring a gun on a train and you start a fight, it’s not right and it’s absolutely outrageous,” Kemper said.
https://nypost.com/2024/03/14/us-new...olice-sources/
El_Maldito_Rey
@ them 1000s of bag checkers
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