China News Agency, New York, May 22. On the 22nd local time, a shooting occurred on a moving subway in New York City, USA, and a man died after being shot.
Police said the initial judgment was that it was a random unprovoked attack, and the shooter is currently at large.
According to the police report, the shooting occurred at about 11:40 a.m. on the same day, when a 48-year-old man was shot at close range in the chest in the carriage of a northbound Q line train.
Witnesses said the suspect was pacing back and forth in the car at first, then suddenly pulled out a gun and fired at the victim as the train pulled into Manhattan from Brooklyn.
There was no interaction between the suspect and the victim before the incident.
New York City Police Department Chief Superintendent Kenneth Corey said at a press conference on the same day that after police arrived at the Canal Street subway station in Manhattan, they quickly assisted in taking the man with chest injuries to a nearby hospital. Died from his injuries.
Investigators identified the suspect as a dark-skinned, burly male with a beard by retrieving surveillance video from the station.
He left the scene immediately after committing the crime and is still at large.
On the same day, New York City Mayor Adams called the incident "creepy" and he vowed to bring the gunman to justice.
Adams said that New York City will continue to increase the police deployment of the subway system, and strive to have police officers at every subway station.
The New York Times said that at the beginning of this year, an Asian woman was pushed off a New York subway platform to her death. Last month, 23 people were injured in the New York subway shooting. This time, there was another unprovoked attack on the New York subway. The violence has not only shaken confidence in New York's subway system, but also made the public increasingly impatient with Adams' commitment to fighting crime.
Kennedy Road, east of Broadway in New York, is the main road in Manhattan's Chinatown.
As a comprehensive hub in New York City, Kennedy Road Subway Station has multiple subway lines, and nearly 100,000 passengers commute in and out of the station every day.
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