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A manhunt has been launched by the American authorities to find the individual who caused chaos in the New York subway on Tuesday in the middle of the morning rush hour, leaving several wounded by bullets.
The suspect sprang into action at the 36th Street station in the Brooklyn area. After donning a gas mask, he detonated two smoke grenades.
As the devices began to emit thick smoke, the man grabbed his handgun, a 9mm Glock, and opened fire on the occupants of the car.
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The shooter is equipped with multiple high-capacity magazines, but the weapon reportedly jammed, according to CNN.
Quickly, amateur photos and videos appeared on social media, showing pools of blood and people lying on the ground.
Photo from Facebook, Armen Armenian
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According to the authorities, ten people out of a total of 29 wounded were hit by bullets, but none were in mortal danger at midday. Some were in critical condition, but their lives were not in danger.
Planned
“I saw a cloud of smoke, I saw people in chaos, lying on the ground, three people on the ground. Immediately, I said to myself that we had to leave, ”said a resident of the sector to AFP Threstan Ralph, 34 years old.
The passengers of the train on the opposite passenger platform witness a scene of chaos. Several of them are even hit by the shots.
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“There was a guy lying in a pool of blood. Motionless. Other people covered in other people’s blood,” said Sam Carmano, interviewed by local radio 1010 WINS.
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“It looked like it was planned […]. We were stuck in the train. […] There was a lot of blood on the ground,” said Yav Montano, who spoke on CNN.
An important security device has been deployed at 36th Street and 4th Avenue, in the south of Brooklyn, very close to the large cemetery of Greenwood. Ambulances, fire engines and police arrived in large numbers.
Graphic video circulating on social media shows the chaos moments after the 36th street Subway shooting in Brooklyn, New York. pic.twitter.com/u6Hm0vux0T
— Moshe Schwartz (@YWNReporter) April 12, 2022
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An identified “individual of interest”
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“This person is dangerous,” warned New York State Governor Kathy Hochul, calling on the population to be extremely careful. The motive behind the attack has still not been explained.
Photo taken from Twitter, NYPD
Frank James has been identified as an “individual of interest” in this case.
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Several hours after the shooting, the suspect was still at large, although authorities had managed to identify an “individual of interest”, named Frank James. According to New York Postit would be a sexagenarian experiencing mental health problems.
James reportedly posted numerous videos on social media looking threatening, including saying he had entered a “danger zone” and was “full of hate, full of anger and bitterness”.
The latter would have rented a U-Haul vehicle, which would be linked to the attack on the subway and whose keys were found at the scene.
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Frank James has been identified as an “individual of interest” in this case. He allegedly rented this U-Haul vehicle, which was searched by authorities.
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The gun epidemic
“We will not let go until we find the perpetrator of the crime,” said US President Joe Biden during a speech in Iowa on Tuesday.
He announced Monday new measures against some of the firearms that proliferate in the United States, and which killed 45,000 people in the country in 2021, suicides included, according to the organization Gun Violence Archive. The White House regularly speaks of an “epidemic”.
