One person was killed and five others were injured in a shooting at a New York City subway station during the Monday evening commute, police have said.

The shooting occurred at 4.38pm local time at a subway station in the Bronx, police said, adding a man in his 30s was killed.

A Fire Department spokesperson described four of the five injuries as serious.

“The train was coming and there were two kids yelling,” witness Efrain Feliciano, 61, told the Daily News.

“There were at least six shots.”

“I saw sparkles as the bullets hit the wall,” Mr Feliciano said. “A woman was holding a child screaming.”

Video from television news helicopters showed a subway train stopped at the station and orange evidence cones on the platform, which is three stops north of Yankee Stadium.

Trains were still running through the station on an express track, but were not stopping as police investigated.

Fear of violence on the subway system spiked after a string of incidents in recent years, but overall, crime in New York City has been plummeting since a surge at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The number of people shot citywide dropped 39% last year compared to 2022. Killings on the subway system also dropped last year, from 10 to five.