New York City manhunt: NYPD locate van believed to be linked to gunman

Police commissioner Keechant Sewell said the attack was not being investigated as terrorism, but that she was “not ruling out anything”.

Emergency personnel gather at the entrance to a subway stop (AP)

A gunman in a construction vest donned a gas mask, set off a smoke canister on a rush-hour subway train and shot at least 10 people, authorities in New York City have said.

Police were scouring the city for the gunman and found a rental truck possibly connected to the violence.