According to the mayor of the city, Eric Adams, the shooter “seems to have acted alone.” A 62-year-old man who had rented a van, whose key was found on the shooting scene, is suspected and sought by the police.
Le Monde and AFP
The New York Police continued, Wednesday, April 13, to look for the shooter who sowed chaos the day before in the metro and wounded at least twenty-three people, including ten by bullets.
While millions of employees resumed transport to work, the mayor of the city, Eric Adams, called the inhabitants to be “vigilant”, while excluding at this point that the shooter has an accomplice. “It seems to have acted alone,” said On the MSNBC string the democrat mayor, entered into function, the 1 er January, with the promise to strengthen the fight against crime in the megacity.
The vice has also tightened around a man, simply presented on Tuesday by the police as a “person of interest” for the investigation – then qualified, Wednesday, of “suspect” by the mayor of New York. Tuesday, the investigators had broadcast photos of this individual, saying that he had rented the van found in Brooklyn and a key had been discovered where the shooting had taken place.
a “black man of 62 years “suspected
Wednesday morning, the New Yorkers received messages on their phone giving the description of this “black man of 62 years”, asking to alert the police to give any useful element to the investigation. The man published various videos on YouTube, where he delivers long political tirades, sometimes virulent, and criticizes Mr. Adams, pushing the police to strengthen the security around the mayor.
If the shouting of the shooter, describes as “dangerous” the day before, continues, millions of New Yorkers have resumed transportation to go to work on Wednesday, some people on social networks to show that the life resumed its normal course. “I do not really have a choice, I have to take the metro. I hope it will be safer today. It looked a little more empty,” explained a passenger, who lives in the neighboring state New Jersey.
The Twitter TWITTER account of the New York metro, one of the largest networks in the world, announced early, Wednesday morning, the return of a “complete service” on all lines, especially at the station 36 The Southern Brooklyn Street, where the shooter sevi and where several lines pass.
The number of homicides rising from the pandemic
Tuesday morning, around 8:30 am (2:30 pm in Paris), at a time when the metro trains are crowded, the individual, who wore a gas mask, lit two gear that smoked the wagon, then shot On the passengers while the train entered the station. “We were really lucky that it was not much more serious,” said New York Police Chief, Keechant Sewell, summarizing the authorities’ relief after this attack where the suspect fired 33 bullets.
“All you see is black smoke, and I turned to the right, and I saw this guy with a mask,” said CNN one of the victims since his hospital bed. “The shooting lasted about a minute, I would say about ten shots (…). I have never heard as many gunshots out of a handgun. (…) He probably had prolonged chargers or another weapon. on fire, “added this man, touched by bullet at the knee. On site, the investigators have regained a handgun and three chargers.
Tuesday’s attack, while New York faced an increase in crime from the CVIV-19 pandemic, the number of homicides from 319 in 2019 to 488 in 2021, although The annual balance sheet remains well below the more than 2,000 per year recorded in the early 1990s.