No Filipino hurt in New York City subway shooting
A large police presence gathered on the street outside the 36th Street subway station in Brooklyn on April 12. Photo by: WCBS
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, April 12) — No Filipino was injured in a recent subway shooting in Brooklyn, the Philippine Consulate General in New York said on Thursday.
Citing a report from the New York Police Department, Consul General Elmer Cato said that no Filipino was among the nearly 30 injuries that were reported earlier this week.
“The New York City Police Department has just informed @PHinNewYork that there are no Filipinos among at least 29 people who were reported injured in the mass shooting on the N train in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning,” Cato said on Twitter.
New York City has a large Filipino population in its five boroughs, namely Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn; the Bronx and Staten Island.
Authorities earlier arrested 62-year-old Frank James, the man suspected of carrying out the attack and shot 10 people on the subway train, CNN reported.
READ: Suspect in Brooklyn subway train shooting has been arrested, officials say
The motive of the shooting is not yet known. The attack is not being investigated as an act of terrorism but authorities have not ruled out anything.
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