Man sought in connection to Tuesday's subway shooting: NYPD - Gothamist

“Witnesses state the male opened up two smoke grenades, tossed them on the subway floor, brandishes a Glock nine millimeter handgun,” Essig said. “He then fired that weapon at least 33 times, striking 10 people.”

At the scene, Essig also said police recovered the Glock, three extended Glock magazines, a hatchet and gasoline.

Police were careful not to refer to James as a suspect, but said they were tracking his social media posts which included New York-specific references.

“There were some postings possibly connected to our person of interest where he mentions homelessness. He mentioned New York and he does mention Mayor Adams,” Sewell told reporters. “As a result of that, in an abundance of caution we're going to tighten up their security detail.”

A reward of $50,000 was offered up to anyone who could lead police to the suspect.

Police also confirmed that videos inside three subway stations weren’t working at the time of the attack and they were still investigating why that was the case.

The Tuesday morning attack wreaked havoc on a Manhattan-bound N train during the morning commute. The attacker managed to flee amid all the confusion, evading arrest throughout the day Tuesday. It snarled subway service most of the day, and forced public school students to shelter in their place in nearby schools.

While major felonies committed on city way subways are up 73 percent compared to the same time last year according to NYPD data, random attacks like Tuesday’s that wound multiple straphangers are relatively rare. Still incidents like Tuesday’s send shockwaves throughout the entire system at a time when the MTA is desperate for riders to return.

Yesenia Rodriguez who lives near the scene of the Sunset Park attack said she typically rides the subway for errands, but said now she wasn’t so sure.

“I feel scared,” she said. “I wouldn’t get the train for a long time, maybe a year.”

Emily Lang and Caroline Lewis contributed reporting.

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