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No charges in NYC subway shooting; Brooklyn DA cites “evidence of self-defense”<\/a><\/p>\n

NEW YORK <\/strong>—\u00a0<\/strong>The Brooklyn district attorney said Friday he will not be filing any criminal charges right now against the shooter in\u00a0Thursday’s subway shooting<\/a><\/span>\u00a0due to self-defense.<\/p>\n

The chaotic scene happened right during the evening rush and unfolded on videos posted across social media.<\/p>\n

On Friday, the\u00a0NYPD<\/a>\u00a0responded to the terror witnessed on board.<\/p>\n

The news briefing that took place in the afternoon made clear what the investigation had concluded at the moment — that the passengers of the train had to act and disarm an attacker with a gun, including the man who police say shot the attacker with it.<\/p>\n

A few hours later, the DA’s office followed suit.<\/p>\n

Cellphone video obtained by CBS New York of the inside the moving A train shows the terrifying situation as it escalated during Thursday afternoon’s rush hour. It left a 36-year-old man in critical condition after being shot in the head. However, on Friday afternoon, the DA’s office said it would not be charging the man who pulled the trigger, saying in a statement, “Evidence of self-defense precludes us from filing any criminal charges.”<\/p>\n

“It was incredible what people from the community did yesterday, people who tried to intervene,” NYPD Chief of Department Jeffrey Maddrey said.<\/p>\n

Maddrey and NYPD officials say the 36-year-old man aggressively approached a 32-year-old man, eventually pulling out a gun that was wrestled away. Police say the 32-year-old then shot the alleged attacker in the head with his own gun.<\/p>\n

Police said they also want to talk to a woman who had a sharp object or knife and stabbed the 36-year-old man during the confrontation. She was apparently traveling with the 32-year-old man, CBS New York’s Lori Bordonaro reported.<\/p>\n

Police released video they say shows the attacker entering the subway from the emergency exit before the incident, without paying a fare. During the briefing Friday, NYPD officials centered their focus on that.<\/p>\n

“Sometimes people ask why would we do such a big operation for people not paying a $2.90 fare,” NYPD Deputy Commissioner Kaz Daughtry said. “We are seeing a small group of people doing these operations that don’t pay their fare that are recidivists, that have warrants.”<\/p>\n

The witness who shot the dramatic cellphone video describes to CBS New York the terrifying moments on board the moving train.<\/p>\n

“I see blood coming out when they’re on top of each other,” the woman named Sherri said. “He pulled out the gun, and I said, ‘It’s time to go.'”<\/p>\n

Other New Yorkers chimed in on the violence underground.<\/p>\n