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Man Shot and Killed on Midtown Subway Platform at 53rd Street

A 34-year-old man was shot in the chest on the northbound B, D and E platform at Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street at about 12:21 p.m. on Saturday. He was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital, the New York Post reported, and police were searching for a gunman in a red tracksuit.

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Man Shot and Killed on Midtown Subway Platform at 53rd Street

Key points

  • A 34-year-old man was shot and killed on a Midtown Manhattan subway platform on Saturday afternoon, October 17, 2026, and police were searching for the gunman.
  • Officers responded to a 911 call at about 12:21 p.m. reporting a shooting on a northbound E train at the station, FOX 5 New York reported.
  • The Post reported that the man and the gunman had been in some kind of dispute, though the details were not clear.

A 34-year-old man was shot and killed on a Midtown Manhattan subway platform on Saturday afternoon, October 17, 2026, and police were searching for the gunman. The shooting happened at the Seventh Avenue station at 53rd Street, on the northbound B, D and E platform, the NYPD said.

Officers responded to a 911 call at about 12:21 p.m. reporting a shooting on a northbound E train at the station, FOX 5 New York reported. The New York Post, citing police and sources, reported that the victim was shot in the chest on the platform.

What the reports say happened

The Post reported that the man and the gunman had been in some kind of dispute, though the details were not clear. The gunman fired from inside a northbound E train onto the platform and then fled, sources told the Post.

The victim was given CPR on the platform and was taken to Bellevue Hospital in cardiac arrest, where he was pronounced dead, the Post reported. FOX 5, in an earlier report, said the man had been taken to a hospital in critical condition. Police had not released the victim name or age in the FOX 5 report, and the Post account gave his age as 34.

The search for the gunman

Police were searching for the suspect on Saturday afternoon. Security footage showed a man last seen wearing a red tracksuit, a black puffer vest and what looked like a black balaclava, the Post reported.

FOX 5 reported that it was not clear what led to the gunfire and that police had not said whether anyone was in custody. The investigation was still going on Saturday afternoon.

The Seventh Avenue station at 53rd Street is a busy Midtown stop served by the B, D and E trains. Saturday afternoon is a peak time for shoppers, office workers on weekend shifts and visitors moving through Midtown, and a shooting on a platform in the middle of the day is the kind of attack that shakes trust in the system for riders far beyond one station.

What is not known yet

Police have not publicly named the victim. They have not said what the dispute was about, whether the two men knew each other, or whether the gun has been found. No arrest had been announced in either report by Saturday afternoon.

Riders should expect police activity around the station while the search and the investigation continue. This story will be updated as police release more detail.

Timeline

  1. Oct 17, 2026A man is shot at about 12:21 p.m. on the northbound B, D and E platform at the Seventh Avenue station at 53rd Street in Midtown Manhattan, after officers respond to a 911 call about a shooting on a northbound E train.
  2. Oct 17, 2026The victim, 34, is given CPR on the platform and taken to Bellevue Hospital, where the New York Post reports he was pronounced dead. Police search for a suspect last seen in a red tracksuit, a black puffer vest and a black balaclava.

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