By The Diary
A fifteen-year-old boy was shot in the chest while riding on the New York Subway in Queens on Monday, and according to the NYPD he had already survived another shooting earlier this year.
NYPD is searching for several teenage suspects after shots were fired on an A train on Monday shortly after 6:00 p.m. Passengers ducked to save their lives. while gunfire broke out inside a train car, moments before arriving at the Eightieth St. station in Ozone Park.
The shooting is believed to have originated in an ongoing dispute between teenagers, Indian ABCNews. Officers transported the injured 15-year-old to Jamaica Hospital in an NYPD vehicle in stable condition. It does not appear that any other people were shot or injured during the chaos.
The unidentified young man He had already been shot last February by another of the teenagers who, according to the police, would have been involved in the fight on Monday. That gunman was arrested in February, but The charges against him were dismissed after the victim refused to testify against him.
“I am relieved to know that he is expected to survive,” said the Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Twitter/X in reaction to the shooting victim. “This was an unacceptable incident; Violence of this kind has no place in our Subway system, and my administration is committed to doing everything in our power to ensure that all New Yorkers – especially children – travel safely on their daily commutes.”
MTA President and CEO Janno Lieber expressed confidence that police will find the shooter. “The most important thing is this: we have video. Every New York City Subway car has a video camera — in fact, it has two — and they are getting high-quality images,” he said. “The police already have clues about those responsible; they are going to catch them.”
NYPD released an image of the alleged gunman. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information should call at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) and in Spanish 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). Also through the website crimestoppers.nypdonline.org or by text message to 274637 (CRIMES), followed by TIP577. All communications are strictly confidential.
Crime on the NYC Subway has risen in 2026, after last year was the “safest” in a long time. Violence remains constant in stations, Metro cars and MTA buses. Normally there are frequent accidents and random attacks that mix various problems that the city has been dealing with for years, such as “homelessness and substance abuse“, he summarized cnn at the end of 2024.
In parallel, Even though NYC reports record low homicides and shootings, violence with firearms and knives remains constant. Some victims are hit at random on streets, schools, public transportation, buildings, businesses and even inside hospitals. The clashes are usually linked to battles between gang members for territory and Suspects sometimes incriminate themselves by bragging and posting about their crimes on social media.
The range of times, areas and ages of the victims is wide: Kaori Patterson Moore, a 7-month-old baby, died in Brooklyn in broad daylight on April 1; and Edgar Spence, 78, on the night of Thursday the 16th in the Bronx. Hours earlier that same day, fifteen-year-old Jaden Pierre was brutally beaten and shot to death at point-blank range in a playground in Queens.
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