An innocent bystander was killed and five others – including two teenagers – were injured when gunfire erupted on a subway train in New York City as it pulled into Bronx’s Mount Eden Avenue subway station.
At least 10 shots were fired at the Mount Eden Avenue station after a fight between two groups of teenagers broke out inside a train on Monday evening (local time). Police and witnesses said the shooting created “total pandemonium” inside the police station.
No motive was given for the shooting.
Broadcasters showed a major emergency response at the elevated Mount Eden Avenue subway station in the northern borough of the Bronx, nine miles (14 kilometres) north of Manhattan’s Times Square.
Police detectives and agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were at the scene conducting a fingerprint search following the shootings.
“We are on scene at an ongoing investigation at the Mount Eden Avenue Station on the (subway) in the Bronx. Please avoid the area… Use alternate routes and expect traffic in the area,” Kaz Daughtry, New York police deputy commissioner for operations, said on social media.
Mass shootings are common in the United States, where there are more guns than people and about a third of adults own a firearm.
Polls show a majority of Americans favour stricter gun regulations, but the powerful gun lobby and mobilised voters supporting the country’s culture of strong gun rights have repeatedly stymied lawmakers from taking action.
New York has a lower homicide rate than many major US cities, and possession of firearms in public is illegal for civilians in almost all cases.
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