The news was confirmed Wednesday afternoon at a press conference attended by New York City Mayor (ex-police officer Eric Adams) and Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Breon Peace, among others.
Frank R. James, 62, was arrested in Manhattan’s East Village on Wednesday after an intense manhunt. Authorities located him following a report to police of his alleged whereabouts. The suspect was immediately sent for detention in a neighborhood police station.
We got it
welcomed Mayor Adams, expected at the turn on the theme of the fight against crime, he who had made it a campaign theme to be elected last year.
An act of unprecedented violence
The sexagenarian is suspected of having wreaked havoc in the metro on Tuesday morning, leaving at least 29 injured, including 10 by gunshot.
The scene took place in the middle of rush hour in a line N train, at the level of the station 36th street
in South Brooklyn.
The shooter, who was wearing a gas mask, threw smoke grenades into a crowded subway car before firing at least 33 bullets from a 9mm caliber pistol, police said.
Five people who were shot were seriously injured, but they should all survive, according to the authorities.
The shooter took advantage of the confusion to flee, leaving behind his weapon, large capacity magazines, an axe, used and unused smoke grenades, a black trash can, a rolling cart, gasoline and the keys to a rental van.
Reasons to clarify
It was precisely this key that led investigators to Frank R. James, who has addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin. The van was found near a station through which the suspect then entered the subway, police said.
Known to the police, Frank R. James had already been arrested 12 times in New York and New Jersey, in particular for sexual offenses
and vol
and one disturbance of public order
authorities said.
The shooter’s motives this time have yet to be determined. At first glance, there is no indication that the accused had links with terrorist organizations – international or otherwise – the authorities acknowledged on Wednesday.
They nevertheless claim to have found videos on the web in which the suspect engages in long tirades, sometimes rambling and vehement, evoking racial issues, insecurity in New York – especially in the subway – and taking on gay people and the mayor of New York.
The man had a YouTube page, called prophetoftruth88
(prophet of truth). However, this was deleted on Wednesday morning for violation of community rules
of the site.
