Straphanger Waves Gun On Brooklyn C Train, Cops Say

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A fight on a northbound C train took a terrifying turn Friday morning when one straphanger whipped out a gun, police said.

Cops rushed to the Ralph Avenue station in Bed-Stuy just before 9 a.m. when someone called 911 and reported shots had been fired, a police spokeswoman said.

No one was injured during the fight and investigators have yet to find any bullets, leading them to believe the gun was seen but not shot, said police.

One straphanger told Patch she saw a man, who had been on the train with the gunman, crying on the platform after he had been evacuated.

I was supposed to be on that train this morning but I got there as the doors shut. I hopped on the next one but it stopped because of the gun. We all had to run off and a man from the train with the gun stood next to me, sobbing, saying that it felt like what you see... https://t.co/nKd5VjfVl8
— Talia Bootz (@spookybootz) June 29, 2018

Northbound C trains were running on the express track between Broadway Junction and Hoyt-Schermerhorn because of police activity at the Clinton-Washington station, the MTA tweeted.

(Lead image: Police are investigating reports of gunshots at the Ralph Avenue subway station. Image from Google Maps)

Kathleen Culliton contributed to this report