A man was shot and killed in the New York City subway on Saturday afternoon, police confirmed to Fox News Digital.
The shooting happened at the 53rd Street and 7th Avenue station in busy Midtown Manhattan just after noon, according to the NYPD.
Hassen Pinchback from Orlando, Florida, told Fox News Digital he witnessed the incident and that everyone started running after hearing gunshots.
“It was like a stampede,” he said.
“When the train doors opened, that’s when you heard pop pop pop,” Pinchback said, adding that a female bystander was doing chest compressions on the victim before police arrived, telling him to ‘Hang in there.’”
Another witness from Washington state who gave the last name of “Miller,” said she and her daughter heard about five shots while sitting inside the subway car with the doors open and her daughter went outside, and the shooter looked right at her before he continued shooting.
“I just started praying. I’m a very strong Christian,” she said. “Jesus saved us. 100%.”
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She said her daughter was able to motion to a conductor on another subway train that there was a shooter and that he called 911.
The victim was rushed to a hospital in critical condition where he later died of his injuries.
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No arrests have been made, and the investigation is ongoing, the NYPD told Fox News Digital.
Later Saturday, the NYPD released images of the suspect, writing, “an unidentified individual approached an unidentified male on the northbound E train platform at the 53 Street/7 Avenue subway station in the confines of the Midtown North Precinct/Transit District 1, displayed a firearm and discharged it, striking the victim once in the chest. The individual fled the location on foot, traveling northbound on 7 Avenue.”
The grainy photos showed the suspect wearing a red hoodie and red pants, black puffy vest and a black face mask.
“Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477), or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public may also submit tips online at Crime Stoppers website or via X @NYPDTips,” the department added.
PIX11 reported that the shooting stemmed from an argument that broke out between the shooter and the victim.