New York breathes. Just over 24 hours later a shooting that left 23 injured, including 10 shots, in the Brooklyn subway, the suspect was arrested in the early afternoon, confirmed the mayor. “We got him, we got him! “(“We got it”), said via video link Eric Adams, confined due to Covid-19.
🔴 “We got him!” New York City Mayor Eric Adams confirms Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James has been arrested (Mayor is via video link as in Covid isolation) pic.twitter.com/RQd3YM3XDt
— Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) April 13, 2022
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Investigators found at the scene of the shooting a 9mm Glock purchased by Frank James, a 62-year-old African American, in 2011. Authorities say he left Wisconsin last month and then rented a pickup truck from U- Haul in Philadelphia before heading to New York. He is accused of having fired 33 times and must be presented to a judge during the day to be officially charged. According to the prosecutor, he will be prosecuted for “terrorist attack” and risks life imprisonment.
Frank James was known to law enforcement, with 12 arrests in New York and New Jersey, including for “sex offences”, “theft” and “disturbing public order”, but he has never been convicted of a crime in New York State.
Threats on YouTube
His motives remain unclear at this time. But under the pseudonym prophetoftruth88, Frank James has posted nearly 400 videos on YouTube in recent years, a mixture of personal rants and grievances against society and racial inequality. In a clip released March 1, he lashed out at New York’s new mayor, accusing him of not helping the homeless enough. In a profane tirade, he mocked the city councilor’s fight against the outbreak of violence, assuring that it was easy to carry out an attack in the metro, and that he could get away with it despite the presence of agents of security.
After a manhunt lasting more than 24 hours, the suspect was seen at midday in a McDonald’s in the East Village, southeast of Manhattan. A witness notified the police, who were able to arrest Frank James two blocks away “without incident”, said the NYPD. A reporter from NY1 News posted a photo of James handcuffed and escorted by a police officer after his arrest.
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