the gunmen opened fire, hitting at least ten gunshot victims and entering more. some of those who are battling injuries right now, some are battling smoke inhalation as well as when they were her trying to pour out of those terrifying train cars. as you can imagine. again, people are in shock. police are very much looking for that suspected gunman. we have sane canines on the scene, federal agents on the scene. again, still looking for that suspected gunman who took off wearing a construction vest and a gas mask. 50 wearing a construction vest and a as mask. , ., , wearing a construction vest and a gas mask- wearing a construction vest and a as mask. , ., , . ., , gas mask. so ust to be clear, this is a man who gas mask. so just to be clear, this is a man who is gas mask. so just to be clear, this is a man who is still gas mask. so just to be clear, this is a man who is still very - gas mask. so just to be clear, this is a man who is still very much i is a man who is still very
reporter bryan llenas, who was en route to the scene a bit earlier says the suspect was not wearing an mta uniform. not wearing a transit authority uniform. it was a black male wearing a construction vest. we want to clear that up now. whether it means anything we don t know. this other detail about wearing a gas mask sounds a bit odd. a mask for covid but a gas mask seems to take it a step further and we want to clear that up. go ahead. reflective of the reports and police investigation, the one i teach classes on preliminary, subject to change. it migrated from an mta uniform to construction worker with a gas mask. you have thousands of people who have seen something and saying something as police are interrogating and investigating. the best information will be
that appears to be the case. they have stabilized the area here in brooklyn. we don t know in what direction he went. police further say this man was wearing a gas mask, had some sort of book bag and wearing a construction vest. it was not an mta uniform but it was a construction vest that was orange. that is all that we ve been told about this particular suspect. we know that a press conference is going to happen at any moment but we also know this all started essentially, we were told, at 25th street which is one station below here. and then the train pulled up into 36th street and that s when you saw people coming out of the train with smoke billowing from inside that train car. people with injuries. we know at least 13 people are injured. at least 5 people shot. 8 people are in stable condition. that s the update from what we understand from the victims perspective.
stations in the system, more than that, 700 some-odd different turnstiles at different entrances. at any given time there are 400 to 500 trains running in the system. to put police at every one of those is beyond even the capabilities of the nypd but they will try their best to keep the public calm by maximizing what visibility they can provide and then calling on the public to be even more aware of their surroundings sh the old adage, if you see something, say something. in this case, we re looking for 8 million new yorkers to be on the lookout for an individual wearing a construction vest, a gray hooded sweatshirt, and there might be more information coming soon. it occurred to me as i was listening to you that often in situations like this it is just good old-fashioned police work. it s technology. and sometimes it s a lucky
investigation. good evening, everybody. today at 8:24 a.m., on board a manhattan-bound n train, seven people were shot, four males and three females, and they were moved to hospitals. an additional 13 people suffered injuries of smoke inhalation, falling down or a panic attack. the information i m about to give you is preliminary and it s subject to change right now. as that n train was between stations 59th street and the 36th street stations, seated in the second car in the rear corner was a dark-skinned male. various descriptions of his height are given. he is heavyset, wearing an orange-green nylon tight construction vest. he also had on an vai skplens