NYC man opens fire in subway station, faces attempted murder charge

Isabel Keane
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A police officer at a subway station
A police officer at a subway station

A 30-year-old Bronx man is facing an attempted murder charge after he opened fire in a Harlem subway station Saturday evening.

NYPD cops responded to a 911 call about 5:30 p.m. Saturday after a man fired a gun inside a the 2, 3 station at 135th St. and Lenox Avenue in Harlem.

A Bronx man fired a gun in the 135th Street subway station. Peter Gerber
A Bronx man fired a gun in the 135th Street subway station. Peter Gerber
The suspect fired one round on the mezzanine level, police said. Peter Gerber
The suspect fired one round on the mezzanine level, police said. Peter Gerber

The suspect, identified by police as Miguel Urena, 30, fired one round on the mezzanine level, police said.

He was found in the subway station, with the gun, cops told The Post.

Urena was arrested and charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

It was not immediately clear who he was shooting at, or what precipitated that shooting.

Miguel Urena was arrested and charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.
Miguel Urena was arrested and charged with attempted murder, criminal possession of a weapon and reckless endangerment.

No one was injured in the incident, police said.