The attack unnerved a city on guard about a rise in gun violence and the ever-present threat of terrorism.
It left some New Yorkers jittery about riding the nation's busiest subway system and prompted officials to increase policing at transportation hubs from Philadelphia to Connecticut.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced last fall it had installed security cameras in all 472 subway stations citywide, saying they would put criminals on an "express track to justice”.
But cameras were not working at three stations where police went to look for evidence on Tuesday, Essig said.
MTA system chief Janno Lieber told TV interviewers he did not know why the cameras malfunctioned.
A riders' videos show a person in a hooded sweatshirt raising an arm and pointing at something as five bangs sound.
Rider Juliana Fonda, a broadcast engineer at WNYC-FM, told its news site Gothamist that passengers from the car behind hers started banging on the connecting door.
“There was a lot of loud pops, and there was smoke in the other car,” she said. “And people were trying to get in and they couldn’t, they were pounding on the door to get into our car.”
As police searched for the shooter, Governor Kathy Hochul warned New Yorkers to be vigilant.
“This individual is still on the loose. This person is dangerous,” the Democrat said at a news conference just after noon.
After people streamed out of the train, quick-thinking transit workers ushered passengers to another train across the platform for safety, transit officials said.
High school student John Butsikaris was riding that other train and initially thought the problem was mundane until the next stop, when he heard screams for medical attention and his train was evacuated.
“I’m definitely shook,” the 15-year-old said. "Even though I didn’t see what happened, I’m still scared, because it was like a few feet away from me, what happened.”
In Menlo, Iowa, President Joe Biden praised "the first responders who jumped in action, including civilians, civilians, who didn’t hesitate to help their fellow passengers and tried to shield them”.
Adams, who is isolating following a positive COVID-19 test on Sunday, said in a video statement that the city "will not allow New Yorkers to be terrorised, even by a single individual".
New York City has faced a spate of shootings and high-profile bloodshed in recent months, including on the city’s subways. One of the most shocking was in January, when a woman was pushed to her death in front of a train by a stranger.
Adams, a Democrat a little over 100 days into his term, has made cracking down on crime - especially in the subways - an early focus of his administration, pledging to send more police officers into stations and platforms for regular patrols.
It was not immediately clear if any officers were in the station when the shootings occurred.
“It is going to take the entire nation to speak out and push back against the cult of death that has taken hold in this nation,” Adams said by video on Tuesday night.
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