An afternoon shooting in Brooklyn sent two people to the hospital and shut down a subway stop as police investigated the daytime violence.
Police said two men were shot shortly before 3:30 p.m. in Gravesend at the Avenue U stop off East 15th Street.
A 21-year-old man was shot in the leg and an 18-year-old was grazed in the stomach, according to investigators. Both were transported to a nearby hospital and were expected to survive.
The shots were fired on the subway platform of the Q train, according to law enforcement sources. Following the shootings, two suspects escaped on a train.
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The two suspects were still being sought by police hours later, but no suspect descriptions were being publicly distributed.
A motive for the shooting was not known.