Several people hurt in New York City subway station shooting

Preliminary information indicates that a suspect fled the area wearing a construction vest and a gas mask.

Wounded people lie at the 36th Street subway station after a shooting, in New York City. Picture: Armen Armenian/via REUTERS Credit: TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

New York City police are searching for a gunman after several people were shot and injured at a subway station during a morning rush hour attack that left commuters bleeding on a train platform.

Officials said at least five people suffered gunshot wounds with at least 11 in total suffering some kind of injury in the attack at the 36th Street station in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park area.