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For: EFE Updated 22 May 2022, 16: 59 pm EDT
A shooting in the New York subway this Sunday killed a man from 46 years after a man shot at a train approaching a Manhattan subway station this Sunday, an incident that the Police described as “unprovoked attack”, according to the New York Post.
The suspect, who fled the scene, opened fire on the victim “at random” when he was about boarding a train around : 45 local time moments before the train arrived at the Canal Street station (in southern Manhattan), police sources told the local media.
After being shot in the chest, the victim was rushed to hospital, where he later died. The New York Police Department (NYPD) is You are looking for the perpetrator, who was wearing a gray hoodie that could read “Aeropostale”.
The New York City Transit Authority (NYCT) reported in a tweet that due to the incident, the route of several subway lines had to be modified. the city.
The event occurs a month after another shooting in the New York subway, in the county of Brooklyn, in which people had to be treated for gunshot wounds and others 13 due to smoke inhalation, since the attacker threw a smoke bomb into the car before opening fire. The perpetrator, Frank James, was arrested a day later.
New York is experiencing a notable increase in crime and last February the official figures indicated an increase of almost 60 % compared to the same month of the year previous. Although in 2021 the level of passengers fell due to the pandemic, the rate of violent crimes, such as robberies and assaults , was significantly higher than in 2019 and criminal attacks increased by almost 25 percent, according to the New York Times.
There are also concerns about pushing the tracks and suicides, which is why the city will allocate 100 millions of dollars to put in 2024 barriers on some of the platforms of some stations .
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