shootings and the crime waves we ve seen over the past few years, this from wabc, obviously channel 7, the local station in manhattan, at least five people shot or otherwise hit by shrapnel. now a manhunt is under way for a gunman described as wearing a gas mask and an orange construction vest. so, wabc reporting that manhunt is on for a man wearing a gs mask and orange construction vest. clint, what do you take from that? it definitely doesn t sound like a random act of violence or an instance where you had criminal activity spill into the subway station. at least from what we know so far, anytime you have detonated devices or undetonated and
going to call the nypd. nypd was probably on the way, if not already there, and some form or fashion. but now with, you know, with these devices being mentioned, this has to be a top concern for everyone in new york city. right. no question. jason carroll following this. i understand you have new information. right. and that s about a possible suspect here. police saying, according to a preliminary report that a male suspect, possibly wearing a gas mask, and an orange construction vest fled the scene to some sort of unknown location. we had also indicated earlier that five people were reported shot. we have now also been told according to a source that one of those victims is in critical condition after the incident. that information coming into us now as well about the suspect
again, in terms of a possible suspect, that information still holding, police saying it is a male, and possibly wearing, again, a gas mask and an orange construction vest who fled the scene. as you can see there, at any one of these subway stops, at that hour, there are likely go to be a number of people there, so nypd, investigators who are down there, detectives, anyone heading down to that scene going to be looking at security cameras, talking to anyone who was down there to try to find out in which direction this suspect was headed. yeah. jason, with effwe have been covering this for 20, 25 minutes. have we heard from the city mayor, i believe he s self-isolating after testing positive for covid, nonetheless he s been working. any statement out of his office yet? still awaiting a statement from the mayor s office, but as you know, bianna and jim, the mayor has been out front on a number of occasions, even before
and if you ve been watching us in the last hour, you saw and heard from one of those eyewitnesses talking about the chaos that was underground when this incident happened. police believe some sort of smoke-like device was set off before shooting happened. sorry, a little bit chaotic. before the shooting happened here on the train in new york city. of course, the sequence of events of what happened still yet to be determined. we re waiting to get information from law enforcement, but again, chaotic scene. can t be understated that the perpetrator of this who authorities initially said possibly wearing some sort of orange construction vest and a gas mask at the time of this incident, still on the loose. this is a massive manhunt right now in new york city. this happening at the time of the morning commute, so a lot of eyewitnesses, a lot of video, a lot of investigation that still needs to be under way. so again, a little bit chaotic
briefed on this situation. the concern about how well this was could there be a terror element to that? jonathan is our investigative reporter with deep sourcing and the new york city police force four wnbc. he said that want to senior law enforcement official said the closest camera in the subway station was not operational. the state of other cameras into the station is unclear. senior law enforcement officials tell jonathan deans that they are going through cameras on the street. let s get right to our team. pete williams, clint watts, nbc news national security analyst and former fbi special agent and cedric alexander, msnbc law enforcement analyst. pete, we have a suspect description from three law enforcement sources. wnbc reports a man about five feet five inches tall wearing a gas mask, an orange construction vest may have thrown that device, some sort of device that set off some smoke before opening fire.