[NYPOST] Police on Tuesday released video and a photo of the suspected gunman who opened fire outside Penn Station Monday night, striking an innocent bystander from New Jersey.The alleged gunman, wearing black pants, a black shirt and lugging a red backpack, is seen getting off an escalator at the transit hub after wounding the 58-year-old victim.
Police said the shooting happened around 5:50 p.m. when the suspect got into an argument with another man, possibly over food.
Cops said the argument ensued outside the NJ Transit entrance at Seventh Avenue and West 31st Street when the suspect approached his intended target, who was eating at the time.
"At this point, we know that we have two individuals, one of which is eating food," Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said at a briefing at the scene Monday night.
"The shooter comes up to the male that’s eating food, possibly asking for some food," Shea said. "He’s kind of shunned away, and that kind of spills onto the street here. We do not believe they knew each other prior to this interaction."
Shea said the suspect followed the 56-year-old would-be target outside and opened fire, missing him but hitting the bystander, police said.
The maimed man was hit in the leg and taken to Bellevue Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.
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