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MAN SHOT IN HEAD INSIDE NEW YORK SUBWAY IN BROOKLYN, SUSPECT IN CUSTODY

March 15, 2024

Footage shows New Yorkers take cover and beg for the NYPD to come and save them after man is shot in the head.

The incident happened inside the Hoyt-Schermerhorn subway station in Brooklyn.

JUST IN — Man fatally shot in the head during rush hour in the NYC subway.
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According to ABC 7, the shooter, 36, pulled out a gun after provoking the fight with another man. The other man successfully wrestled the gun from the aggressor and shot him in the head.

#UPDATE "You STABBED me?" – Video allegedly shows the fight that led up to a man getting shot in the head with his own gun on NYC Brooklyn subwaypic.twitter.com/hyaccweLKu
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) March 15, 2024

According to the report, the man who pulled out the gun is in critical condition.

#NEW Video of the man carried away after he was shot IN THE HEAD on a subway train in Brooklyn #NYC pic.twitter.com/8nXR7Nslf6
— Oliya Scootercaster 🛴 (@ScooterCasterNY) March 14, 2024

The shooting comes just days after New York Governor Kathy Hochul deployed the National Guard and state police troops into the subway to check bags.