By Kalhan Rosenblatt -
NBC News
A man was shot dead Sunday on the New York City subway, just a month after 10 people were shot during another attack on the city's subway.
At a news conference, New York Police Department (NYPD) Chief Kenneth Corey said that at approximately 11:50 a.m. ET, officers were called to the Canal Street train station to responding to reports of a person being shot.
There, officers found
a 48-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the torso
, Corey said.
The man was transported to Bellevue Hospital, where he later died, he added.
He was not immediately identified by authorities.
The victim was sitting in the last car of a Manhattan-bound Q line train when the shooting occurred, according to Corey.
A suspect had been pacing the train,
pulled out a gun and shot the man without any indication of provocation
, witnesses told officers.
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Police said they are reviewing security footage and Corey described the attacker as “a dark-skinned, heavyset man with a beard.
He was last seen wearing a dark colored hoodie, gray sweatpants, and white sneakers.”
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New York City Transit President Richard Davey offered his condolences to the victim's family.
"Obviously, we extend our deepest condolences to the victim's family," Davey said, "and to those who were on the train and experienced this tragic incident."
Recent subway attacks have New Yorkers on edge.
Last month, a man threw smoke grenades on a Brooklyn train, shooting 10 people.
The suspect, who was wearing a gas mask, threw two smoke grenades and then opened fire aboard a car on the N train as it approached the 36th Street station in Brooklyn during the morning rush hour. authorities said.
Days later, the New York police arrested Frank R. James, 62, as a suspect in the attack.
When asked about commuters' fear of frequent shootings, Corey said city police have assigned more officers to patrol train stations.
The officer asked the public to share any information about the suspect, who remains at large.