MTA Worker Shot In Brooklyn Subway, Police Say

BROWNSVILLE, BROOKLYN — An off-duty MTA worker was shot in a Brownsville subway station on his way home from work, according to police.

The MTA worker — whom the New York Post identified as 47-year-old Carlo Thorne — was shot in a southbound 3 train that had pulled into the Rutland Road and East 98th Street station at about 6:20pm, police said.

A fight had broken out between 10 straphangers in the subway car and the shooter — a young man in his late teens — jumped onto the platform, turned and fired into the train, said police.

Thorne was shot in the right arm and emergency responders rushed him to Kings County Hospital, according to police.

The off-duty MTA worker, who is expected to survive, was not the shooter’s intended target, said police.

Police have detained a 23-year-old, a 22-year-old and a 17-year-old whom they believe were involved in the fight.

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