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NYC subway conductor shot in the face with Gel Blaster, teen arrested: NYPD

The Brooklyn Borough Hall Subway Station
The Brooklyn Borough Hall Station where police said a 16-year-old struck a subway conductor in the face with a gel blaster pellet gun. Corbis via Getty Images

A teenager was arrested after he fired a Gel Blaster pellet gun at an MTA subway conductor’s face as her train entered a Brooklyn station, cops said.

The conductor, 44, was aboard a southbound No. 5 subway at the Borough Hall Station when the 16-year-old boy, who was standing on the platform, fired the weapon

One of the pellets struck her in the left cheek and she was taken to NYU Hospital in stable condition with soreness to her face.

Photo of a generic gel pellet gun
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The teenager, meanwhile, jumped on a southbound No. 4 train in an attempt to escape but was apprehended with the gun on him at the Nevins Street Station, which was the next stop.

He was in custody Friday evening with charges pending, cops said.

The gel blaster pellet guns are sold by various companies online and at stores and have been used to randomly attack people in the past in the Big Apple and other U.S. cities.