FOG BLOG U.S. NEWS LOG: 10 SHOT , 16 INJURED IN N.Y. SUBWAY SHOOTING TODAY:

Live Updates: 16 People Are Injured, Including 10 Shot, in Attack on Brooklyn Subway...A man in a worker’s vest put on a gas mask, opened a canister that filled a subway car with smoke and then opened fire, the police said; surveillance cameras that could have captured the shooting were not working, according to Mayor Eric Adams............At least 16 people were injured, 10 of them by gunfire, in the subway in Brooklyn during the Tuesday morning rush, officials said, after a man released a canister of smoke and opened fire on an N train.

The search for the gunman was being hampered Tuesday afternoon by the fact that a security camera at the 36th Street subway station that might have captured the scene was not operating, Mayor Eric Adams said. There was a “malfunction with the camera system at that particular station,” Mr. Adams said on WCBS 880 radio.

At around 8:24 a.m., as the train pulled into the station, in the Sunset Park neighborhood, the man, who was wearing a construction vest, put on a gas mask before firing shots that hit people on the train and the nearby platform, said Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell.

The shooting set off panic and chaos aboard the train. It came as the city is already struggling to cope both with a rise in shootings citywide and with an increase in crime and disorder in the subway. that has scared commuters from returning to a transit system that saw ridership plummet during the pandemic.

As the train doors opened, sending smoke billowing through the station, fearful riders fled, many of them hurrying onto an R train that happened to be sitting across the platform. Subway seats and cars were streaked with blood as people called for help.

The gunman escaped and remained at large, police officials said. He has not yet been publicly identified. A senior law enforcement official said that a gun had been found inside the subway station.

The official also said that the gunman had driven to New York in a rented U-Haul vehicle.

Mr. Adams, a former police captain, declined on Tuesday to reveal more about the search for the gunman. “This is a very sensitive moment,” he said. “We want to continue to keep those tips close to our vest to make sure that we’re not tipping off the person we’re trying to locate.”

The violence put New York City into a heightened state of alert at a time when residents are already anxious over crime and the city’s continued struggle to recover from the pandemic.

The Fire Department said that five people were in critical condition, but none of them were believed to have suffered life-threatening injuries. Police officers were called to the 36th Street station, where the D, N and R lines all stop, after receiving reports of smoke and gunshots.

John Butsikares, 15, a freshman at Brooklyn Technical High School, said his ride on a northbound R train from Bay Ridge had been calm — until the train approached 36th Street. When the doors opened, the conductor directed passengers on the platform to rush inside.

“I didn’t know what was happening,” he said. “There was just panic.”