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NEW DELHI: New York City police has named the ‘person of interest’ in the Brooklyn subway shooting incident, in which at least 10 people were injured.
The ‘person of interest’ has been identified as Frank James, who had opened smoke grenades and fired a barrage of bullets on a rush-hour subway train in the city on Tuesday morning.
Here is what we know so far:
‘Suspect a dark-skinned man, may have acted alone’
He is a dark-skinned male of heavy build, was wearing a neon-orange vest, grey-colored sweatshirt and a green helmet and surgical mask.
Police said the gunman was believed to have acted alone and immediately fled the crime scene. The attack unfolded as a Manhattan-bound subway train was pulling into an underground station in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
‘Fired gun 33 times on the subway train’
He fired his gun 33 times on the morning train, as people lay on the bloodied platform, according to New York Police Department Chief of Detectives James Essig.
James social media posts are ‘concerning’
James apparent social media posts are also being investigated. The police have called them ‘concerning’.
Rambling, profanity-filled YouTube videos apparently posted by James, who is Black, are replete with Black nationalist rhetoric, violent language and bigoted comments, some of them directed at other Black people.
A video posted on April 11, rails against crime against Black people and says drastic action is needed to change things.
Another, from March 20, says the nation was “born in violence, it’s kept alive by violence or the threat thereof and it’s going to die a violent death.”
A February 20 video says the mayor and governor’s plan to improve safety in New York City’s subway system “is doomed for failure” and refers to himself as a ‘victim’ of the mayor’s mental health program.
Another video from January 25 called “Dear Mr. Mayor” is somewhat critical of Adams’ plan to end gun violence.
Cops announce joint reward of $50,000
New York city agencies have announced a joint reward of $50,000 for any information leading to his arrest whose motive behind the shooting remains unknown.
‘James had addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin’
Investigators recovered a Glock handgun, three extended magazines, two detonated smoke grenades, two non-detonated smoke grenades and a hatchet from the crime scene, and the key to a U-Haul van which pointed them to the suspect James.
The detective chief linked to the probe said that James had addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin.
‘Terror angle not ruled out’
The police also said that the attack was not being investigated as terrorism, but they are “not ruling out anything” at this stage.
Investigators also believe the shooter’s gun jammed, preventing him from continuing to fire at the train station.
(With inputs from agencies)
The ‘person of interest’ has been identified as Frank James, who had opened smoke grenades and fired a barrage of bullets on a rush-hour subway train in the city on Tuesday morning.
Here is what we know so far:
‘Suspect a dark-skinned man, may have acted alone’
He is a dark-skinned male of heavy build, was wearing a neon-orange vest, grey-colored sweatshirt and a green helmet and surgical mask.
Police said the gunman was believed to have acted alone and immediately fled the crime scene. The attack unfolded as a Manhattan-bound subway train was pulling into an underground station in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
‘Fired gun 33 times on the subway train’
He fired his gun 33 times on the morning train, as people lay on the bloodied platform, according to New York Police Department Chief of Detectives James Essig.
James social media posts are ‘concerning’
James apparent social media posts are also being investigated. The police have called them ‘concerning’.
Rambling, profanity-filled YouTube videos apparently posted by James, who is Black, are replete with Black nationalist rhetoric, violent language and bigoted comments, some of them directed at other Black people.
A video posted on April 11, rails against crime against Black people and says drastic action is needed to change things.
Another, from March 20, says the nation was “born in violence, it’s kept alive by violence or the threat thereof and it’s going to die a violent death.”
A February 20 video says the mayor and governor’s plan to improve safety in New York City’s subway system “is doomed for failure” and refers to himself as a ‘victim’ of the mayor’s mental health program.
Another video from January 25 called “Dear Mr. Mayor” is somewhat critical of Adams’ plan to end gun violence.
Cops announce joint reward of $50,000
New York city agencies have announced a joint reward of $50,000 for any information leading to his arrest whose motive behind the shooting remains unknown.
‘James had addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin’
Investigators recovered a Glock handgun, three extended magazines, two detonated smoke grenades, two non-detonated smoke grenades and a hatchet from the crime scene, and the key to a U-Haul van which pointed them to the suspect James.
The detective chief linked to the probe said that James had addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin.
‘Terror angle not ruled out’
The police also said that the attack was not being investigated as terrorism, but they are “not ruling out anything” at this stage.
Investigators also believe the shooter’s gun jammed, preventing him from continuing to fire at the train station.
(With inputs from agencies)
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