'Person of interest' in Brooklyn subway train shooting is now a suspect, NYPD saysĬommuters told investigators that before the train arrived at the station, a gunman in one of the cars opened two smoke grenades, brandished a 9 mm handgun and fired multiple times, police said.
(AP Photo/Meredith Goldberg) Meredith Goldberg/AP The man accused of shooting multiple people on a Brooklyn subway train was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense after a daylong manhunt and a tipster's call brought police to him on a Manhattan street. James, 62, in the East Village section, of New York, Wednesday, April 13, 2022. New York City Police Department officers arrest subway shooting suspect Frank R. When first responders arrived, they found gunshot victims throughout the subway station and others who were injured in the chaos. Tuesday, the New York City Fire Department got a report of smoke at the 36th Street subway station in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood, according to the department. Gunman fired into a crowd 33 times, police say Here’s what we know about the attack and the alleged shooter. Ten people were shot and 19 others suffered injuries related to smoke inhalation, falling down or having a panic attack officials said. Officials have not released a motive for the attack. Riders of a New York subway train were victims of a mass shooting Tuesday morning when a man donned a gas mask, set off smoke grenades and began firing as the train made its way toward a Brooklyn station, police said.Ī suspect in the shooting, Frank James, 62, was arrested in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood Wednesday after a roughly 30-hour manhunt.Īt his court appearance Thursday, James was denied bail and did not enter a plea on charges of violating a law that prohibits terrorism and violent attacks on mass transportation.
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