NEW YORK -- A shooting on the New York City subway hit especially close to home for the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday morning, with Kevin Durant and his teammates reacting to the "devastating" news with shock.

At least 10 people were shot by a gunman at the 36th Street station, which is located about a half-mile from the Nets' practice facility in Brooklyn. In all, at least 17 people were injured, and police are still searching for the shooter, who fled the scene in a construction vest and a gas mask.

"It's devastating," Durant said after the walkthrough practice ahead of Tuesday night's home play-in game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. "I don't know the details. To hear the sirens out front of the practice facility and see so much commotion going on outside, you hope and pray for the best for everybody involved."

Durant said that he initially started hearing about what had happened through texts from the team but that nobody knew initially how bad the situation was.

"They sent us a text saying there might be some traffic but I don't know why," Durant said. "And then you look through your phone and see stuff. I hate violence, I hate senseless violence. Hopefully we can figure out the details and get everybody to safety and get everybody the help that they need, but it's a tough situation right now."

After getting to the facility, Durant and his teammates started to learn more about what was happening at the 36th Street station. The sounds of helicopters flying nearby and sirens from police cars and ambulances were present all around the facility.

"Guys pretty much heard stories on social media, through their phones, and hopefully we can get this figured out," Durant said. "And people [can be] safe. I know it's a couple people shot. It's an unfortunate situation. Hopefully they get it figured out."

Nets coach Steve Nash said he didn't find out about the tragedy until right about the time the walkthrough began -- and even then details weren't clear.

"It's obviously a very tragic morning," Nash said. "We're devastated for the community and for those directly involved. I don't know a lot of the details, so I don't want to get too far into it, but we're just all concerned for everyone involved. And at the same time try to prepare and be focused on our task at hand."

The Nets were preparing as if the game would go on as scheduled; the league continues to monitor the situation. Television coverage of the shooting played on the monitors just off the practice floor as Nets staff walked by to see what was going on.

Like so many in the organization, veteran guard Goran Dragic couldn't believe how close the shooting was to the Nets' facility. As the post-practice media interviews concluded, people in the building started getting emergency alerts on their cellphones about what was happening in the area.

"[Assistant coach Jordan Ott] was saying, 'You see that yellow building? That's where that happened,'" Dragic said. "So it's really close. It's kind of scary how close it was. I've already been in the subway a couple of times, but now, I don't know. I've got my doubts."