A federal grand jury has charged Frank James, a 63-year-old man, with a terrorist attack on a public transportation system. James is the suspect in the early April shooting on the New York subway, local media said this Saturday night.
They arrest Frank James, the alleged perpetrator of the shooting in the New York subway
Regarding the sentence, if the suspect is convicted of the most serious charge: terrorist attack, he will face life in prisonwhile the other charge carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment and a minimum of ten years.
The attacker threw two smoke bombs and discharged a firearm during a violent crime for the 33 shots he fired in a subway car passing through Brooklyn during the morning commute rush hour on April 12 .
There were no deaths, but ten people suffered gunshot wounds and another thirteen had to be treated for various injuries or intoxications caused during the event, which sowed chaos and paralyzed the city’s subway system.
–New York (United States), 13/04/2022.- Frank James reacts as Police officers escort him out of the 9th Precinct after being charged for allegedly opening fire on a subway in Brooklyn a day earlier, in New York, New York, USA, 13 April 2022. According to a statement by the Office of the US Attorney of the Eastern District of New York, Frank James is charged with ‘terrorist and other violent attacks against mass transportation systems’ in the shooting that occurred on 12 April in a subway where 10 people sustained serious injuries. (Atentado, Terrorista, Incendio, Abierto, Estados Unidos, Nueva York) EFE/EPA/SARAH YENESEL Photo: SARAH YENESEL
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James was arrested a day after the attack in the East Village neighborhood, south of Manhattan, by two agents, after a passerby spotted him on the street, photographed him and posted the image on Twitter that alerted the authorities. However, until now the Police have not yet revealed more details. The newspaperNew York Post He even published images of the moment of the arrest, in which the man is seen being put into a police vehicle without offering any resistance.
His motives are unknown, but the defendant had a YouTube channel where he spread conspiracy theories and racial hatred, and had been arrested nine times in New York between 1992 and 1998 and another three times in neighboring New Jersey. (I)
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