release the name and image, because he is a person of interest. and number two, notpe to danger the prosecution if this is the person, we don t want to do anything and releasing evidence or information that is going to hurt the prosecution of this person, responsible for the shooting. it is crucial to us that we move at a very methodical a level the police department is excellent at carrying out this function. so, at this time, only the information thats the police department released is something that they want public. and rest, they re going to hold on to make sure when this person is apprehended that they re prosecuted to the full extent of the law. mr. mayor, i think that one of the things that went through a lot of people s minds who know new york city well enough to understand about the neighborhood in which this happenedig particularly becausef hate crimes. particularly because of anti-asian hate crimes. this neighborhood where this happened, sun set park.
based on immigrant population. but again, this investigation is new. and we re going to be thorough to look at all possibilities to determine exactly what motivated such a real sick act on innocent people. are you frustrated, mr. mayor, that there does not appear to have been any surveillance footage from the station? there does not appear to have been for any reason, any working surveillance cameras at the site of the shooting. we also know there are no transit police officers in the station where thissi happened. those factors, obviously, are a hindrance to the investigation and may have been a hindrance to stopping the crime as bad as it did, you have frustrated by those factors that emerged today since the crime happened? no, there s a level of frustration that settled in. we are communicating with the
described as a person of interest related to the shooting. they have, they say, tightened the mayor s security detail tonight out of abundance of caution. new york city s mayor eric adams is going to join us live at the moment. this is very live situation. the shooter is at large. what we re reporting from the scene is that it was before 8:24 this morning. it was manhattan-bound subway train in brooklyn. just before the train was about to enter the station of 36th street in the neighborhood of sunset park in brooklyn. an individual on the train put on what the nypd appears to be a gas mask. witnesses then tossed two smoke grenades which filled the train car with smoke. two senior law enforcement officials tell nbc that these bags and theires contents are believed to be tied to the suspect. you can see some what appears to be fireworks there.
agencies, that are collaborating in information-sharing to zoom in on him. within the past couple of hours, we have had the police name the person of interest that they ve identified in relation to this case. ahi 62-year-old man who appareny rented this u-haul vehicle in philadelphia. they sayha he has addresses in philadelphia and wisconsin. it s not known whether he has any sort of link to new york. but they did also describe that he may have made social media postings including some that were concerning postings about you. you can tell us, can you shed any further light on y that, if you know anything about the suspect or the connection to the case or to yourself, mr. mayor? when you have a man that s known, there are two goals that we don t want to interfere with. number one is apprehend him. thatd is why the police department made a decision to
they say they do not have any indication about potential motivations for the shooter. they don t have any information. enough information to describe any sort of motive. regardless of the motive, this act definitely did terror the people of new york today. joining us now is new york city mayor eric adams who joins us live from gracie mansion. mr. mayor, thank you for taking time f to be here. i know this is an intense time. thank you, rachel. and you re right, throw although not made an issue of determination of the motive of this horrific act, it s clear that there was an intention to bring terror into our subway system. and terrorize the lives of those innocent new yorkers who merely commuted carrying out their daily business in the city. and we will catch this person ah i stated this morning. i want to thank the combination of cities, state and federal