By Mackenzie Tatananni For Mailonline
22:18 12 Feb 2024, updated 01:31 13 Feb 2024
- Shots were fired on the uptown 4 platform in the Bronx in New York City tonight
- The violence broke out after a fight started on a train car and continued outside
One man was killed and five other people injured after gunfire erupted at a Bronx train station Monday afternoon.
The New York City Police Department launched an investigation after shots were fired on the uptown 4 train platform at the Mount Eden Avenue station around 4:30 pm.
The violence broke out after a fight began on a train and spilled onto the platform, police said.
Authorities believe the dispute started between two groups of teenagers on a northbound subway train.
A NYPD spokesman told DailyMail.com a 35-year-old male was shot and killed. The man was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Of the survivors, three were male and two were female, the spokesperson said.
All of the victims were in stable condition as of Monday evening.
A 15-year-old boy was shot in the thigh and in the ear and taken to New York Presbyterian Hospital.
A 28-year-old man was shot in the right arm and taken to St. Barnabas, while a 71-year-old man was taken to Bronx Care Hospital.
Also taken to Presbyterian was a 14-year-old girl who had been shot in the foot.
A 29-year-old woman was shot in both the face and neck and was taken to St. Barnabas.
Officers were seen crowding at the subway entrance while others walked alongside the halted train cars. Police tape was strung along the scene.
Overhead footage showed what appeared to be a blood splatter on the platform.
It is unclear if there were multiple shooters, but the suspect or suspects fled on foot, authorities said.
At a press conference, NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper said that detectives do not believe this was a case of one person ‘firing indiscriminately’ into a crowd.
Rather, the argument escalated until ‘at least one person’ pulled a gun. Some of the victims are thought to have been part of the dispute.
‘This is unacceptable, and when detectives make an arrest – and I’m very confident they will – there must be swift, immediate, strong consequences,’ Kemper said.
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