Teenager in custody in connection with shooting at subway station

A teenager was taken into custody Thursday in connection with a shooting at a Bronx subway station earlier this week that left one person dead and five others injured, a law enforcement official said.

The shooting happened Monday during the afternoon rush hour at the Mount Eden Avenue subway station in the Bronx. It happened after a fight broke out between two groups of teenagers on the northbound 4 train at 4:30 p.m

As the train arrived at the station and people began to leave, someone fired a gun, police said. The shooting continued as people frantically left the train and took cover.

Obed Beltran-Sanchez, 35, was killed in the shooting. The injured range in age from 14 to 71, police said.

Shootings in New York have declined after a spike during the coronavirus pandemic, according to police data. The chance of being seriously injured on the subway is statistically low. There were six shootings on the subway last year and nine shootings in 2022, according to the department's Transit Bureau.

Ed Shanahan reporting contributed.