Harrowing footage captured the violent clash between two men on a Brooklyn subway car — and the sheer panic among commuters after one of the brawlers was shot aboard the rush-hour train Thursday.
The video, shot by a passenger on a northbound A train, corroborated earlier witness accounts shared with police, showing one man provoking another before at least four gunshots rang out on the crowded train as it pulled into the A/C Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station.
Police said the agitator, 36, was shot with his own gun when the other man, 32, managed to grab it away from him and open fire.
But before the shooting, the two strangers tussled for several minutes as others on the train pleaded for them to stop, noting there were children aboard.
The 36-year-old man was even stabbed by a woman as the pair sparred. The woman was said to be riding with the 32-year-old man on the train at the time of the incident, but she later fled. Police are now searching for her.
“I’ll beat you up!,” the 36-year-old, wearing a black sweatshirt and yellow baseball cap, can be seen shouting in the other man’s face, according to the video obtained by The Post.
“You think you’re gonna beat up cops?” he snarls.
A woman off-camera chimes in, “He thinks you’re a migrant, he thinks you’re an immigrant,” seemingly referencing the rowdy migrant mob who were caught on camera pounding a pair of cops near Times Square in January.
“F–k your kind. F–k your race. F–k you,” the instigator shouted as he hurled threats at the man and egged him on to stand up for himself.
It is unclear what started the fight.
The 32-year-old, wearing a yellow shirt and black jacket, tried to ignore the relentless threats, but ultimately jumped out of his seat at the back of the car and put up his fist after being berated for nearly two minutes.
“The aggressor then screamed: “Let’s get it!”
Commuters sitting close by, who had tried to ignore the violent ramblings, also sprang up from their seats and moved away from the men.
The two danced around one another, occasionally throwing fists, as straphangers begged them to stop.
“Come on, there’s babies on here!” one woman can be heard pleading.
The aggressor then pounced on the other man, pushing him onto a two-seater and delivering several blows.
A young woman intervened and struck the 36-year-old’s back, which caused him to immediately turn his ire on her.
A man wearing a reflective vest succeeded in separating the two brawlers, but the younger man rushed to stand in front of the young woman.
“I’m bleeding. You stabbed me, right?” the aggressor asked the woman, with blood beginning to drip down his back.
“I didn’t do nothing,” the young woman said back.
The 36-year-old then threw his jacket onto the seat and slowly began rifling through the pockets while shouting at the woman.
After several seconds, he pulled out a gun, cocked it and charged at the 32-year-old.
A step-by-step breakdown of what happened in the Brooklyn subway shooting
The packed train car erupted into screams and the straphangers rushed to the opposite end, with several throwing themselves on the floor.
The rest of the fight wasn’t filmed, but at least four gunshots were heard just as the train pulled into the A/C Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station — which houses the NYPD’s 30th Transit Precinct.
The woman filming the video desperately screamed, “Let me out!” in the seconds before the doors opened, and the panicked commuters bolted onto the platform and directly out of the station toward the street.
Police said the 32-year-old — who was confronted by the screaming man — had managed to wrestle the gun away during the struggle and use it against his attacker.
He was arrested before he even stepped onto the platform, Kemper said.
The 36-year-old man was rushed to Brooklyn Methodist Hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition after undergoing surgery.
NYPD Chief of Transit Michael Kemper confirmed during a press briefing on Friday that the man had been stabbed by a woman with a sharp object during the melee.
She was described as standing at 5’1” to 5’2” tall and weighing between 110-120 lbs. She was last seen wearing blue jeans and a black sweater.
The subway car at the station was “covered with blood and ballistics” when police arrived, a source said.
A small caliber firearm was recovered from the scene.
It is not clear whether the shooter will face any charges, with police stating that the “victim appears to be the aggressor.”
Mayor Eric Adams on Friday morning sounded the alarm about a mental health crisis in the city.
“When I looked at this tape and broke it down piece by piece and frame by frame, it is clear that it personifies what our pursuit is involved around those with severe mental health illnesses,” he said in an early appearance on NY1.
“And as the investigation unfolds, we’re going to see the nexus between the actions that took place there and the many of the random acts of violence that just unnerves New Yorkers.”
Neither man has a documented history of mental illness with authorities.
