Crime & Safety
2 Suspects Sought For Double Shooting At NYC Subway Station
A 21-year-old man was shot in the leg and an 18-year-old man was grazed in the stomach, police said.
BROOKLYN, NY —The NYPD have released surveillance images on Monday of two suspects wanted for a shooting that injured two people at a Brooklyn subway station over the weekend.
The incident happened at the Avenue U train station in Sheepshead Bay on Saturday around 3:20 p.m., police said.
A 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old man exited a Q train subway car and were approached by the two suspect, police said.
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The suspects then discharged a firearm multiple times, the 21-year-old man was shot in the leg and an 18-year-old man was grazed in the stomach, police said.
The two unknown individuals fled the subway station after the incident.
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Both victims were transported to a local hospital in stable condition, police said.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at https://crimestoppers.nypdonline.org/ or on X @NYPDTips.
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