Bronx subway shooting – live: One dead and five injured after ‘dispute between teens’ turns deadly
Police said the suspect who opened fire at Mount Eden Avenue station on Monday was still in the loose
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At least one person was killed and five were injured after an apparent dispute between teenagers on the New York City subway turned deadly on Monday evening. Police said the rush hour shooting at Mount Eden Avenue station in the Bronx was not an “indiscriminate” act of violence but believed to have escalated from an argument between two “groups” of minors.
One 34-year-old man was killed, while five other people ranging from 14 years old to 71 years old were taken to hospital in a stable condition.
Some of the victims are believed to have been part of the dispute, while others were bystanders, police said.
“This is unacceptable, and when detectives make an arrest – and I’m very confident they will – there must be swift, immediate, strong consequences,” said New York Police Department (NYPD) chief of transit Michael Kemper.
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ICYMI: New York’s battle to preserve strict gun laws
Monday’s shooting in the Bronx came as New York’s state government continues to fight in court to preserve its historically strict gun laws.
In 2022, the US Supreme Court struck down a century-old New York law that required gun owners to show they had “proper cause” before getting a concealed carry licence.
State officials responded by crafting new legislation that allowed more people to get a licence while banning guns from actually being carried in schools, public playgrounds, theatres, bars, buses, airports, and more.
Now those laws too are being challenged, and certain provisions such as banning guns from places of worship and requiring applicants to list their social media accounts have already been struck down.
ICYMI: How bad is violent crime in New York right now?
Reported crime rates in New York City have fallen overall since 2019, despite spiking after the end of Covid lockdowns.
According to police statistics, the Big Apple’s crime rates fell by 0.3 per cent between 2022 and 2024, with murders falling by 12 per cent.
There were also significant drops in shootings, robberies, burglaries, sexual assaults, and grand larcenies.
Compared to its population, New York has a considerably lower murder rate than other cities such as Detroit, Cleveland, St Louis, and Kansas City, Missouri.
Crimes on the subway are relatively rare, but a number of headline-grabbing shootings on the system over the past few years have stoked public concern.
In 2022, Frank James donned a gas mask before igniting smoke bombs and opening fire with a handgun on a crowded Manhattan-bound train, wounding ten people.
And earlier this year, a man was shot and killed on the subway in Brooklyn when he tried to break up a fight between two other passengers who were arguing over loud music.
NYPD hunt New York’s ‘most wanted’ after one killed and five wounded in subway shooting
The person who opened fire at a subway station in New York, leaving one person dead and five others injured, is now the NYPD’s “most wanted”, police said.
Members of the public were advised to avoid the area following the “mass shooting” incident that took place at the Mount Eden Avenue subway station in the Bronx, in New York on Monday.
One of the victims – a 34-year-old male – died at St Barnabas Hospital, police said. The other five victims were treated at the scene and transported to hospital, though their injuries are not believed to be life threatening.
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NYPD hunt New York’s ‘most wanted’ after one killed and five hurt in subway shooting
Members of the public were advised to avoid the area following the incident on Monday
NYPD releases photos, asks for help identifying two men allegedly connected to the shooting
The NYPD is asking for help identifying two men who were at the Mt Eden Station in the Bronx on the night of the shooting that left one man dead and five others wounded.
The police have not named the men as suspects.