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Perpetrators continue to flee – 23 injured after shots in the New York subway
STORY: After the shooting in a subway station in New York with 23 injured, the alleged perpetrator is still on the run. As the police announced at a press conference, he had already been identified, but is still at large. Police released photos of the suspected shooter. The murder weapon and three other ammunition magazines, an ax, fireworks and a petrol can were seized. The investigators also found a van that had apparently been previously rented by the perpetrator. Police Chief Keechant Sewell said the incident would not be classified as an act of terrorism without knowing the motive for the attack. The incident happened Tuesday as a subway train pulled into the station. According to the police, the alleged perpetrator first detonated two smoke bombs and then fired 33 shots from a semi-automatic weapon. According to the police, ten people were directly hit by the shots. Thirteen other people suffered smoke inhalation or were otherwise injured as panicked passengers fled the smoke-filled subway car.
The incident will not be classified as an act of terrorism without knowing the motive for the attack, said Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell.