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At least 16 people were injured in a shooting in the subway on the way to work in New York.

The shooter is said to have opened fire after detonating a smoke grenade inside the carriage.



Correspondent Kim Jong-won from New York.



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As the subway door opens and smoke pours out, the passengers in fear desperately escape from the carriage.



A passenger shot in the leg barely managed to get out of the train and fell to the floor, bleeding, and more seriously wounded, unconscious on the floor of the train.



At around 8:30 in the morning of today (13th) local time, the way to work turned into hell when a shooting took place on the subway from Brooklyn, New York to Manhattan.



[Abrahim/Eyewitness: Hundreds of people poured out of the subway station, screaming for help.

I saw a woman shot in the leg.]



The killer is known to have detonated a smoke grenade and opened fire on her while wearing her gas mask.



[Kinchant Sewell / New York Police Commissioner: The criminal took the can out of the bag and opened it, and then the inside of the train was filled with smoke.

The shooter has since opened fire, and many people in the subway have been shot.]



16 people, including 10 who were shot, were injured in this incident, but fortunately there were no fatalities.



The perpetrator fled the scene, and the police are pursuing the perpetrator while controlling about 10 blocks in the area.




Right behind me is the subway station where the shooting took place.



Immediately after the incident, as the police controlled the subway station as well as the road on the ground, as you can see, the traffic around the area was severely congested throughout the day.



Immediately after the incident, the New York Department of Education issued an evacuation order to nearby elementary, middle, and high schools to prevent outsiders from entering and to take emergency measures to prevent students from leaving the school.



Police are looking for a black suspect, about 165 cm tall.