Subway shooting suspect

Frank James, who was arrested in connection with a shooting on a rush-hour Brooklyn subway train, posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence, ...

And James called him up to say so. He says in one video, without offering specifics, that he “couldn’t get any justice for what I went through.” Police said the gun used in the attack was legally purchased at an Ohio pawn shop in 2011. He then set off a second smoke grenade and started firing, police said. Police say fellow riders heard him say only “oops” as he set off one smoke grenade in a crowded subway car as it rolled into a station. (NEW YORK) — Frank James posted dozens of videos ranting about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness.

Ten people were shot during Tuesday morning's rush hour and another 13 people suffered injuries ranging from smoke inhalation to falls and panic attacks, ...

Adams didn't specify what the new information was. They added that he wouldn't have been able to purchase the gun if he'd had any felony convictions. He was also arrested three times in New Jersey. Investigators found a U-Haul key at the scene of the shooting and traced it to a van that they believe James rented in Philadelphia. James has addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin, police said. If convicted, James could face up to life in prison, Peace said. "We were able to shrink his world quickly.

Frank R. James, 62, was charged with a terrorist or other violent attack against a mass transportation system and will appear in court Thursday.

About 30 hours after the carnage on the subway, James called the city's "crime stoppers" line to report he was at a McDonald's in Manhattan, law enforcement officials said. Meanwhile, Zach Tahhan said he was repairing a camera system at Saifee Hardware and Garden Store, just a few doors down from the McDonalds, when he noticed someone who appeared to be James walking by. In one video, James mentions Mayor Adams and people experiencing homelessness on the city's subway trains, according to the court document. "Yo! This is the guy!" NYPD previously said James reentered the subway in Park Slope after the shooting. No rifle was found but the complain says James may have had "access to additional firearms." After James rented a U-Haul van in Philadelphia on Monday afternoon, police surveillance cameras captured photos of him entering Brooklyn on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge after 4 a.m. Tuesday, according to an unsealed federal criminal complaint. James said, referring to the mayor. The pair watched in disbelief as officers detained James. "They start driving around the neighborhood looking for him. New York City Police Department patrol officers arrested him Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan's East Village after a tip came into the department's "crime stoppers" line. James faces life in prison if convicted.

A gunman's rampage inside of a packed New York City subway car Tuesday morning set off a frenzied search that ended about 29 hours later.

Police said the U-Haul had been rented from Philadelphia. They said they were able to determine the name of the customer — Frank R. James — and put out an alert for the van's whereabouts. But almost an hour after the shooting, at around 9:15 a.m., James was back on the subway in another section of Brooklyn known as Park Slope, police said. Upon learning of his identity, police confirmed social media posts they said he made, including a video from the YouTube channel Prophet of Truth 88, a platform where he appeared to express controversial views and go on lengthy, profanity-filled rants. But when police got there, he was gone, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said. "He didn't struggle at all," Lloyd said. All of the charges were misdemeanors, officials said, which wouldn't have stopped him from purchasing a gun. James is expected to appear Thursday in federal court in Brooklyn on charges related to the shooting. In one uploaded March 18, he appeared to claim he has severe post-traumatic stress disorder. Then, police said, the gunman fired a barrage of 33 bullets, sending panicked commuters racing out of the train once it finally stopped. "This is Frank. You guys are looking for me. They help us in so many ways." "We were able to shrink his world quickly," Sewell said.

James had posted videos on YouTube expressing racist and derogatory views, complaining about unhoused people on the subway, and criticizing Mayor Eric ...

We don't have a full understanding of that as of this moment, but that is the control of the MTA." "It's under the control of the state. The YouTube channel had hundreds of videos, many of them extended rants in which he expressed racist and derogatory views, including against Black people and other people of color. New York City employs about 36,000 police officers, and AM New York reported in January that approximately 3,500 of them are assigned to the NYPD's transit bureau. On Wednesday morning, authorities said James was a suspect and offered a reward of up to $50,000 for information leading to his arrest. Essig said the gun found at the crime scene was purchased by James in 2011 in Ohio.

Frank R. James, 62, is accused of shooting 10 people and injuring more than a dozen others inside a New York City subway on Tuesday.

They searched a storage unit and apartment linked to him in Philadelphia, which he had spoken of in numerous videos posted to a now-disabled YouTube channel. James has been charged with one count of committing a terrorist or other violent attack against a mass transportation system. And he may have taunted investigators by calling in the tip line to report himself, according to law enforcement sources, even as a security camera technician spotted him in the East Village and turned himself in. Accused Brooklyn subway shooter Frank R. James entered the courtroom around 2:45 p.m. ET for his initial appearance in Brooklyn federal court, according to Fox News' Marta Dhanis, who was inside the courtroom. "The defendant’s criminal conduct was extraordinarily serious. Officials have said 29 people were injured, including 10 suffered gunshot wounds.” James, 62, walked in at about 12:45 p.m. wearing an olive green prison-issued shirt and pants and blue sneakers. Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara Winik told the court: James is accused of boarding a Brooklyn subway train on Tuesday morning, then deploying a smoke canister and firing his weapon 33 times “in cold blood at terrified passengers who had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide,” the detention memo stats. "The defendant committed a premediated mass shooting on the New York City subway system and then fled the scene, with a stockpile of ammunition and other dangerous items stowed in his storage unit,” states a detention memo filed in Brooklyn federal court on Thursday. “The defendant presents a severe and ongoing danger to the community, as well as a serious risk of flight, that no set of release conditions can mitigate." Officials have said 29 people were injured, including 10 suffered gunshot wounds.” James is accused of boarding a Brooklyn subway train on Tuesday morning, then deploying a smoke canister and firing his weapon 33 times “in cold blood at terrified passengers who had nowhere to run and nowhere to hide,” the detention memo stats.

Frank R. James, wanted for the shooting on a Brooklyn subway train Tuesday morning, faces arraignment today.

"We hope this arrest brings some solace to the victims and the people of the city of New York," Sewell said. "We used every resource at our disposal to gather and process significant evidence that directly links Mr. James to the shooting. Asked if he understands the charge, he said, "Yes." "We hope this arrest brings some solace to the victims and the people of the city of New York," Sewell said. "I'm seeing my picture all over the news and I'll be around this McDonalds." "The defendant's attack was premeditated, it was carefully planned, and it caused terror among the victims and our entire city. "We used every resource at our disposal to gather and process significant evidence that directly links Mr. James to the shooting. Asked if he understands the charge, he said, "Yes." Eisner-Grynberg also asked for her client to undergo psychiatric evaluation and noted he suffers leg cramps. "I'm seeing my picture all over the news and I'll be around this McDonalds." "The defendant's attack was premeditated, it was carefully planned, and it caused terror among the victims and our entire city. Eisner-Grynberg also asked for her client to undergo psychiatric evaluation and noted he suffers leg cramps.

The man arrested after a roughly 30-hour manhunt in the shooting of 10 people on a subway train in Brooklyn will make his initial court appearance Thursday, ...

, in part through an expanded presence of mental health personnel, saying the effort was "doomed to fail." But I thought about the fact that, hey man, I don't want to go to no f**king prison." The man let off a "smoke bomb," he said, and passengers tried to flee Federal prosecutors believe he visited the storage facility filled with ammunition and more weapons the evening before the attack, according to court documents. James has nine prior arrests in New York dating from 1992 to 1998, including possession of burglary tools, criminal sex act and theft of service, Essig said. -- including one uploaded just on Monday -- that included racist and misogynistic language and discussions of violence, mass shootings and mental health. "The defendant committed a premediated mass shooting on the New York City subway system and then fled the scene, with a stockpile of ammunition and other dangerous items stowed in his storage unit. Others with bloody wounds stumbled to the platform and cried out for medical care. The U-Haul van was recovered by police near the Kings Highway subway station that services the N line. Surveillance video also showed some of James' movements after the shooting. Witnesses also said the suspect was wearing a gas mask, the complaint states. Police released photos of him and launched a manhunt, which ended early Wednesday afternoon

“We got him,” said Mayor Eric Adams, remote from Gracie Mansion where he remains under quarantine for Covid-19. The alleged shooter was hit with a federal ...

CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises,” by Associated Press’ Zeke Miller: “The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is extending the nationwide mask requirement for public transit for 15 days as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases. New York’s Surging Covid Cases Driven by New Omicron Subvariants,” by Bloomberg’s Madison Muller: “Two new omicron subvariants that appear even more transmissible than the highly-contagious BA.2 are driving an uptick in Covid cases in New York, the state’s health department said Wednesday. While there’s no evidence that either causes more severe disease, the department estimates they have a 23% to 27% growth advantage over the BA.2 variant that was itself more infectious than the original omicron. Gov. Hochul’s chief of staff pays price for disastrous vetting of Brian Benjamin: sources,” by New York Post’s Bernadette Hogan, Carl Campanile and Bruce Golding: “Gov. Kathy Hochul’s longtime chief of staff played a key role in her disastrous decision to name Brian Benjamin as her lieutenant governor and apparently missed major red flags, The Post has learned. The budget also includes $10 million to address staffing and capacity shortages at state-run psychiatric hospitals, though it does not earmark funds to reopen beds that were shut down under a ‘Transformation Plan’ rolled out by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. A measure proposed by the state Senate that would have committed New York to restore 200 state-run beds died in budget negotiations.” “It has to be this f—ing one that was down and it was the one that we needed.” NY Dems left with challenge: How to get Brian Benjamin off the ballot,” by WNYC’s Jon Campbell: “Brian Benjamin is officially out as New York’s lieutenant governor, following his arrest and abrupt resignation, but it will take some legal maneuvering to get him off the Democratic primary ballot – if it can even be done. Hochul considering ‘a lot of people’ to replace LG; says she was unaware of his troubles, by POLITICO’s Bill Mahoney: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Wednesday she is planning to choose a replacement for former Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin, but said there is still a lot to figure out as she considers who that might be and whether there’s any path to finding a different running mate to put on the ballot this year. But it was clear to both of us that he could not continue to serve as lieutenant governor and I want New Yorkers to have complete confidence in their government.” Hochul gave every indication that she would choose a replacement for Benjamin, which she has the power to do unilaterally. I thought Black lives mattered?' Mayor Eric Adams slams the activist movement over New York City crime, by POLITICO’s Joe Anuta: When asked how his administration would get a handle on an uptick in shootings, Mayor Eric Adams criticized the Black Lives Matter movement Wednesday for failing to mount large-scale protests against ongoing gun violence. In between bigoted screeds tied to current events, he described an itinerary that would take him on a trip from Milwaukee in late March to the East Coast, where he was born. With the suspect in custody, questions are swirling about how to prevent the next tragedy – and Adams is embracing the idea of installing gun detection technology in the city subway system. “We got him,” said Mayor Eric Adams, remote from Gracie Mansion where he remains under quarantine for Covid-19. The alleged shooter was hit with a federal terrorism charge, which could carry life in prison.

Frank James, 62, made his first court appearance Thursday. He is accused of setting off smoke canisters and wounding 10 in a rush-hour attack on a ...

The defendant’s mere presence outside federal custody presents a serious risk of danger to the community." The defense lawyer also confirmed that James called Crime Stoppers and told authorities where to find him. She cautioned against a "rush to judgment" and reminded the public that her client is entitled to a fair trial. "The defendant committed a premediated mass shooting on the New York City subway system and then fled the scene, with a stockpile of ammunition and other dangerous items stowed in his storage unit," the federal prosecutors wrote. James picked up a U-Haul van on Monday in Philadelphia and came to New York City with violent plans, according to a memo filed by the government. The man accused of opening fire on a rush-hour New York subway car did so with “premeditated” intentions and had access to a “stockpile” of weapons, prosecutors said Thursday.

James will be held without bail after his arraignment Thursday on charges of conducting a violent attack against a mass transportation system.

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He's charged with a federal terrorism offense that applies to attacks on mass transit systems — authorities say there's currently no evidence linking him to ...

Prosecutors suggested James had the means to carry out more more attacks, noting that he had ammunition and other gun-related items in a Philadelphia storage unit. Investigators were examining many hours of videos that James posted on social media, including one a day before the attack, in which he delivered profanity-laced diatribes about racism, society’s treatment of Black people, homelessness and violence. “The defendant terrifyingly opened fire on passengers on a crowded subway train, interrupting their morning commute in a way the city hasn’t seen in more than 20 years,” Assistant U.S. attorney Sara K. Winik said.