At least 13 people were shot or otherwise injured after a lone gunman in a construction vest and possibly a gas mask threw smoke bombs on a subway car in Brooklyn and began shooting Tuesday morning.
According to multiple reports, a manhunt is now underway as details continue to emerge in this developing situation.
At least four of the victims were found at the 36th Street subway station in Sunset Park and another at the 25th Street station in Greenwood Heights just before 8:30 a.m.
It appears at this time to have happened on the southbound R train, beginning at the 25th Street station. As the doors closed, the suspect threw the smoke bombs and opened fire.
13 injured by NYC gunman wearing gas mask
The victims, and presumably the suspect, then got off the subway train at the 36th Street station.
No arrests have been made, and schools in the area went into a lockdown or shelter in place as the search continues.
Police were looking at as many as four packages initially deemed suspicious, but they were later determined to be unfounded.
The victims were taken to various hospitals.
NYU Langone-Brooklyn told the ABC News Medical Unit they took eight patients who are in stable condition.
Five of the victims are at Maimonides Medical Center, where two were being treated for gunshot wounds and three for smoke inhalation.
None of the injuries are considered life threatening at this point.
The suspect was described as a Black male, 5-foot-5 and 175 to 180 pounds.
Police are looking for a man 5 feet 5 inches tall and 180 pounds wearing an orange construction vest and a gas mask in connection with the shooting, NBC reported citing three unnamed law enforcement officials. The suspect reportedly fled the scene.
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