Photo shows person sought in Queens subway shooting, NYPD says
The NYPD has released an image of a person sought in connection with a shooting on board a subway train in Queens Monday.
A 15-year-old boy was shot on the A train as it approached the 80th Street subway station.
An argument on board the train led to the shooting, police say. There's no word on what the argument was about, but the teen was rushed to the hospital and is expected to survive.
The 15-year-old got into an argument with two other passengers, who are believed to be teens. One pulled a gun and shot the 15-year-old in the neck and back.
Victim, one of the suspects had violent history, sources say
Police sources close to the investigation tell CBS News New York that one of the suspects being sought is also 15, and has a previous violent history with the victim.
Back in February, an argument between one of the suspects and the victim broke out in Far Rockaway, Queens. At that time, one of the suspects shot the 15-year-old victim in the leg, police sources close to the investigation said. This is the same victim who was shot in the neck and back on Monday.
The suspected gunman in the February shooting was arrested 10 days later, but the victim refused to cooperate with investigators, sources said.
Monday, the 15-year-old shooting victim was on the subway when he ran into the suspect who shot him in February, sources said, along with the suspect's friend.
Two people were taken into custody at the scene, but they have since been questioned and released without charges.
"It was pandemonium"
"Lucky for us, it was approaching the station when shots were fired. When we got to the station, everybody went crazy," Junior White said. "It was pandemonium. Everybody took off running, including the two guys fighting."
"Any time there's a shooting on a train, it is a tragedy for the city of New York. And so, we hope to get many more of these weapons off of the street and out of the hands of our young people," Queens DA Melinda Katz said.
Tuesday morning, subway riders were on edge.
"I'm scared because my daughter has 14 years and then she goes to school in Manhattan," one commuter said.
"I think I'm not feeling comfortable anymore, because it's, like, very dangerous," said another.
"We have historic low crime in the subways, full stop. But there are incidents and I don't blame anybody for being alarmed when something bad happens in a space that they use," MTA chairman and CEO Janno Lieber said.
The NYPD's CompStat crime tracking system shows transit crime is down 2.3% from last year and down 17.8% from last month. In 2025, overall crime on transit decreased in all categories except for felony assaults.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). You can also submit a tip via their website or via DM on Twitter, @NYPDTips. All calls are kept confidential.
