Located in southwestern Brooklyn, Sunset Park is home to a vast majority of working-class and immigrant families, many of whom are Asian and Latino.
"White House senior staff are in touch with Mayor Adams and Police Commissioner Sewell to offer any assistance as needed," Psaki said. President Joe Biden was also briefed on the incident, according to White House press secretary Jen Psaki. "While we gather more information, we ask New Yorkers to stay away from this area for their safety and so that first responders can help those in need and investigate," said Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for the mayor. Police urged the public to avoid the station and to "expect emergency vehicles and delays in the surrounding area."įederal officials with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives were also on the scene. On Twitter, subway officials said there was a "major disruption" to service. Schools in the area were put on a "shelter-in" status, an Education Department spokesperson told BuzzFeed News, meaning no one could leave their building. Graphic photos on social media showed at least three people lying on the floor of the station in a pool of blood. The NYPD subsequently said on Twitter that there were no active explosive devices at this time. "Several undetonated devices at same location," the spokesperson said, describing the scene as still active. 15.Īn FDNY spokesperson told BuzzFeed News they first received a call about smoke in the station and that first responders discovered multiple people shot. That increase came after 40-year-old Michelle Alyssa Go was killed after a man pushed her in front of a train on Jan. In January, the NYPD deployed 1,000 additional officers underground, bringing the total number of police in the subways to 3,500 officers, according to AM New York Metro. The mayor later told WCBS-TV that the city was doubling the number of police officers patrolling the subway system. "We are communicating with the MTA to find out was it throughout the entire station or was it just one camera, so that's still something that we are looking into," Adams said.
"Just general comments that caused us some concern that are subject to investigation at this point."Įarlier on Tuesday, Adams told WCBS 880 that security cameras at the station appeared to have malfunctioned. "I don't want to go into too many details about the mayor's security detail," Sewell said, declining to provide specifics about what was said about the mayor. As a result, Sewell said the NYPD would be tightening the mayor's security detail "in an abundance of caution." Sewell said that there were some "concerning" social media posts possibly connected to James, who has addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia, talking about homelessness, New York, and Mayor Adams. James is just a person of interest we know right now who rented that U-Haul van in Philadelphia," Essig said. Officials also recovered a 9 mm semi-automatic handgun, three extended Glock-type magazines, a hatchet, bullets and bullet fragments, two detonated and two undetonated smoke grenades, and gasoline. The keys to the van, which was later recovered by police in Brooklyn, were found at the scene among the shooter's possessions, said the NYPD's chief of detectives, James Essig. Officials first identified James on Tuesday night, saying he rented a U-Haul van they believe is connected to the suspect, but stopped short of calling him a suspect in the investigation.
On Wednesday morning, NYC Mayor Eric Adams' office announced that 62-year-old Frank James, who was previously considered a person of interest in the shooting, was now a suspect. "We do not know the motive at this time, but we're not ruling anything out," Sewell said. The reason for the attack is still under investigation, NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell told reporters. None of the victims are reported to have life-threatening injuries so far, officials said. NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital also treated at least three patients. Ten have since been discharged, while 11 others remain in stable condition. NYU Langone Hospital treated 21 victims in total for injuries including gunshot wounds and smoke inhalation, hospital spokesperson Lacy Scarmana told BuzzFeed News. Other individuals are believed to have taken themselves to hospitals. Ten suffered gunshot wounds, five of whom are in critical but stable condition. New York City Fire Department officials said paramedics treated 17 people at the scene, transporting 15 of them to local hospitals.
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