Police say fatal Midtown subway shooting was not random

FOX 5 New York's follow-up report details an argument before the shooting and the release of surveillance images.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 46,137 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (2,600).

Man shot and killed on midtown subway platform

An argument between two men preceded the fatal shooting at Manhattan's Seventh Avenue and 53rd Street subway station, FOX 5 New York reports. In the station's follow-up coverage, NYPD Deputy Chief Keith Shine says: "This was not a random act."

Reporter Kelly Kennedy places the shooting just before lunchtime on Saturday, at the E train platform. She reports that one man pulled a gun and shot the other in the chest. The victim died at the hospital, and the shooter fled south along Seventh Avenue.

The report includes surveillance images released by police as they searched for the suspect. An eyewitness also recounts hearing gunfire near the station.

The short report drew an estimated 46,000 views in its first day, far above the station's usual audience for Shorts. It adds an account of the confrontation to the initial coverage of the death, as we reported here.

At the time of Kennedy's report, police had not released the victim's name, pending notification of his family.

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The numbers

The shooting report reached a much larger first-day audience than FOX 5 New York's usual Short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

2,600

this video

46,137

subscribers

1,010,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

739,112,727

views per day

383,720

typical day: 669,460

the video

views

52,319

likes

221

comments

161

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

CBS New York

1,200,000

CBS LA

1,160,000

FOX 13 Tampa Bay

1,080,000

FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth

1,020,000

FOX 5 New York

1,010,000

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

839,000

As of October 19, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.