Bay Area transit agencies said they planned to increase security on their rail systems in light of a shooting Tuesday on the New York City subway.

The shooter, who remained at large as of late Tuesday, donned a gas mask on a subway train in Brooklyn around 8:30 a.m. before he released a smoke canister and began shooting into a crowd of people on the train.

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Eli covers public health, transportation and state politics for the Bay City News Foundation, serves as the main editor of the Public Health and COVID-19 Information Hub and assists with Local News Matters' social media strategy. He has also previously covered local politics in San Diego County as well as college and professional sports across the Bay Area.