A harrowing video reveals the moments leading up to the New York City subway shooting, as the agitator accuses the other man of being a ‘migrant beating up cops’ in a heated argument.
The 36-year-old man, who appeared to initiate the argument, was shot in the head with his own gun after the other man, 32, wrestled the weapon away from him and opened fire.
In the video shot by a commuter on a northbound A train in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon, the aggressor, wearing a black hoodie and a yellow baseball cap, can be heard hurling threats at the other man.
‘F**k your kind. F**k your race. F**k you,’ the 36-year-old relentlessly shouted at the 32-year-old, who was wearing a yellow shirt and black jacket.
‘You think you’re gonna beat up cops? I’ll beat you up,’ the man said, seemingly referencing the January incident in which a group of migrants attacked NYPD officers in Times Square.
A harrowing video reveals the moments leading up to the New York City subway shooting, as the agitator accuses the other man of a ‘migrant beating up cops’ in a heated argument
The 36-year-old man, who appeared to initiate the argument, was shot in the head with his own gun after the other man, 32, wrestled the weapon away from him and opened fire
A video from ABC reporter Joyce Philippe captures the chaos after gunfire rang out, as terrified passengers ducked for cover and yelled for help
‘He thinks you are a migrant,’ a nearby woman can be heard saying as tension escalated.
The 36-year-old landed a punch on the 32-year-old’s female companion, who appeared to have stabbed him in the back multiple times as he shouted repeatedly, ‘you stabbed me?’
Blood visibly seeped through the black hooded man’s shirt as the two men grappled, with the 36-year-old man ultimately sitting atop the 32-year-old.
Other passengers were begging the pair to stop as one person said, ‘come on, there’s babies on here.’
A man wearing a reflective vest managed to separate the two guys, but the 36-year-old rushed the woman and yelled, ‘I’m bleeding. You stabbed me, right?’
‘I didn’t do nothing,’ she answered.
At one point, the hooded guy threw down his jacket, revealing the weapon, and proceeded to load it as he charged at the 32-year-old.
Passengers can be heard shouting desperately, ‘get me out, get me out,’ before the car doors were opened.
‘He thinks you are a migrant,’ a woman(pictured wearing a black shirt and light blue jeans) who appears to accompany the 32-year-old man can be heard saying as tension escalated
The 36-year-old also landed a punch on the woman, who appeared to have stabbed him in the back multiple times as he shouted repeatedly, ‘you stabbed me?’
At one point, the hooded guy threw down his jacket, revealing the weapon, and proceeded to load it as he charged at the 32-year-old
Blood visibly seeped through the black hooded man’s shirt as the two men grappled, with the 36-year-old man ultimately sitting atop the 32-year-old
New York City commuters scrambled for cover after an ‘aggressive’ rider was shot in the head on a subway train during rush hour on Thursday
The video did not capture the moment when the 32-year-old grabbed the firearm from the aggressive attacker, but at least four shots can be heard in the background.
Another video from ABC reporter Joyce Philippe captures the chaos after gunfire rang out, as terrified passengers ducked for cover and yelled for help.’
‘Where’s the NYPD, oh my God!’ one woman exclaimed as others said, ‘close the door, close the door!’
The train pulled into the Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station, where law enforcement authorities who heard the gunshots flooded the scene.
The 32-year-old shooter was arrested before he stepped onto the platform and remained in custody.
He is seen lying on the staircase outside the subway car, then being led out of the station in handcuffs in a different video that surfaced after the shooting.
Officers flooded into the train where the shooting took place, finding the 36-year-old man lying on the floor, unmoved.
He was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was undergoing surgery and remained in critical condition.
The 32-year-old shooter was arrested before he stepped onto the platform and remained in custody. He is seen lying on the staircase outside the subway car
He was led out of the station in handcuffs in a different video that surfaced after the shooting
Footage posted by social media user Owen Anderson shows first responders rushing the person on a wheeled gurney into an ambulance.
‘When you bring a gun on a train and you start a fight, it’s not right and it’s absolutely outrageous,’ Chief Kemper said.
He added that authorities have not yet determined whether the alleged shooter’s actions would be considered self-defense. No charges have been brought against him as of Thursday evening.
Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) chairman Janno Lieber said, ‘The victim here, as the chief said, appears to be the aggressor.’
He added, ‘But the real victims are the people I saw in those videos, who are having a harrowing time because they’re on a train with somebody with a gun.’
Lincoln Restler, the City Council member who represents the area, wrote on X: ‘This is a horrible tragedy and deeply unnerving to the millions of New Yorkers who take the subway every day.’
The shooting on the nation’s busiest transit system occurred less than a week after New York Governor Kathy Hochul stationed 750 national guard members in a bid to clamp down on the rampant violence on subway.
Footage posted by social media user Owen Anderson shows first responders rushing the person on a wheeled gurney into an ambulance
NYC Democrat Mayor Eric Adams said earlier this month that he’s bringing back bag checks for subway riders and station 750 national guard members at the city’s busiest stations.
The Big Apple saw a 45 percent increase in major crimes in January compared to the same time last year.
Knives, box cutters, clubs and guns are reportedly among the weapons the NYPD is searching for.
Subway crime has been on the rise of late, with 2023 showing the most subway assaults since 1996. There have been three homicides on the rails to start the year, compared to none at this point last year.
In May of last year, a 24-year-old former Marine was seen putting an erratic subway passenger in a headlock until he died.
The 30-year-old Jordan Neely entered the subway car and started threatening passengers.
He was held down on the floor and became unconscious. When an EMS team boarded the train, which remained at the platform, they were unable to revive him.
Police have chosen not to identify the 24-year-old man, who was released without charges after the incident.