Brooklyn Subway Shooting Update: 23 people injured after a shooter fired 33 rounds

A subway in Brooklyn, New York, caught a live update: The attack occurred when the subway N bound for Manhattan stopped at a subway station in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood.

Police on Tuesday launched an intensive search for a gunman who detonated two smoke bombs and unlocked fire on a New York City subway car, wounding 23 people in a morning rush-hour attack that sparked renewed calls to combat a spate of violence in the city's crippled transportation system. Triggered. Police tell the shooter is believed to have acted alone and fled the scene immediately. 

A gunman wearing a gas mask and construction vest fired a smoke grenade during rush hour, firing at least 33 rounds into the subway train. Police are searching for the shooter in the city and are trying to find any tenants of the van who may be linked to the violence.

The authorities said that ten people were directly affected by the shooting, including five who were hospitalized in critical but stable condition. Police said another 13 people were injured by smoke or others in the chaos as the panicked driver fled the smoky subway car. All of the victims are thought to have survived their injuries, police said.

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Frank R. James has been branded a "person of interest," and police say he is "trying to find him to establish his connection to the subway shooting, if any."

NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said he received a $50,000 reward for information about the suspect and the attack. "I'm trying to determine" if James has "a connection with the railroads." (PTI). No Chinese national injured in subway shooting, Beijing says