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According to police, on Saturday afternoon at the busy NYC subway station at 7th Avenue and 53rd Street, an argument led to a fatal shooting.

Although first responders provided CPR to the wounded man, he was pronounced dead upon arrival at Bellevue Hospital.

According to The New York Post, the victim and the gunman “had engaged in some type of dispute on the northbound platform, though the details are not yet clear.”

It appears that the shooting may have been targeted.

Per The New York Post:

“Nothing random between these two individuals,” an NYPD spokesperson told The Post at the scene.

An E train had pulled up to the platform and opened its doors just moments before the shooting occurred, with one witness telling The Post he heard two “pops” roughly eight seconds apart, sending straphangers into a frenzy.

“Everybody was running,” said Mauricio Marroquin, who was on his way home to Queens after working a morning shift as a breakfast attendant.

“I seen a gentleman laying right in front,” Marroquin said of the victim. “He was dressed in a blazer, looked like he was coming from work or something, bro. Going to work or coming from work. It was two shots, man. He only got hit with one, like, that’s weird. And they were eight seconds apart, man. That’s weird.”

The suspect fled on foot northbound on 7th Avenue. No arrests have been announced and the investigation is ongoing.

NYPD shared, “Wanted for a Homicide: On Saturday, October 17, 2026, at approximately 12:21 PM, on the northbound E train platform of the 53rd Street–7th Avenue subway station in Manhattan, this individual shot and killed a man in his 30s. The individual then fled on foot, heading northbound on 7th Avenue.”

Wanted for a Homicide: On Saturday, October 17, 2026, at approximately 12:21 PM, on the northbound E train platform of the 53rd Street–7th Avenue subway station in Manhattan, this individual shot and killed a man in his 30s. The individual then fled on foot, heading northbound on 7th Avenue.

If you have information regarding this incident, DM @NYPDTips or call 1-800-577-TIPS (8477).

— NYPD NEWS (@NYPDnews) October 17, 2026