Police are investigating a shooting and an explosion at a Brooklyn train station where as many as five people have been injured — and several undetonated explosives were found on the platform, according to police sources and FDNY officials.
The mayhem began just before 8:30 a.m. inside the Underground train station at the corner of 36th St. and Fourth Ave. in Sunset Park.
“Either shots or a bomb went off at 36th Street,” witness Roddy Broke wrote on Twitter. “Scariest moment of my life, man.”
Other witnesses reported seeing wounded people coming out of both the 36th St. and the 25th St. stations.
“I was heading into 36th Street Station in Brooklyn when a young guy who was bleeding from the legs said people were injured and bleeding,” witness Conrad Aderer said.
Multiple witnesses called 911 about an explosion with four people either shot or hit by shrapnel, according to preliminary reports. A fifth person was found shot on 25th St. and Fourth Ave. — the next stop on the R line.
One of the victims was unconscious, according to preliminary reports from radio chatter.
The gunman was described as wearing an orange construction vest. He reportedly opened fire on straphangers in one train car then went to the next train car and continued firing, a high ranking police source said.
The person responsible was last seen on a train exiting the station.
Firefighters were sent to the 36th St. station on a report of smoke coming from the train station. When they arrived, they found “multiple people shot” and “several undetonated devices” on the platform, an FDNY source said.
An NYPD spokeswoman said there were reports of smoke coming from the station and “possible people shot,” but had no further information. Police and members of the NYPD Bomb Squad were heading to the area with caution.
The MTA shut down D/N/R service through most of Brooklyn, a spokesman said. Major delays on all B/D/F/N/Q/R and W trains were expected throughout Brooklyn as a result.