Straphanger, 34, fatally shot on NYC subway car

A 34-year-old straphanger was shot and killed while riding a subway train in Brooklyn Sunday night, police said.

The man was shot twice – in the back and shoulder – aboard a Manhattan-bound 3 train before police officers reached him at the Franklin Avenue-Medgar Evers College Station in Crown Heights around 8:15 p.m., authorities said.


The man was shot in the back and shoulder at the Franklin Avenue-Medgar Evers College Station in Crown Heights around 8:15 p.m.
The man was shot in the back and shoulder at the Franklin Avenue-Medgar Evers College Station in Crown Heights around 8:15 p.m. Wayne Carrington

Police said the man was taken to Kings County Hospital, though it's unclear what led up to the fatal shooting.
Police said the man was taken to Kings County Hospital, though it’s unclear what led up to the fatal shooting. Wayne Carrington

He was taken to Kings County Hospital and succumbed to injuries at 9:05 p.m., the NYPD said.
It’s unclear what led up to the fatal shooting.

The investigation is ongoing and no arrest has been made. 

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