The guard who shot the harasser is a 21-year veteran of the MTA, police said.
The man who was shot is in critical condition, and has multiple prior arrests. Derick Waller is in Park Slope with details.An MTA agent shot a man who was following him and his partner to a Brooklyn subway station.
The shooter was guarding his partner who was removing money from a machine at the Atlantic Ave - Barclays Center station before the incident, sources said. The situation spilled onto the R train and both men exited the train at Union Street. The MTA worker attempted to avoid the man there, but he was still being followed, police said.
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