The Police Department of New York He is looking for Frank James, a 62-year-old man whom he defines as a “person of interest” as he is related to the shooting that yesterday left 29 injured in a busy Brooklyn Subway station.
The gunman was described by multiple witnesses as a black man, about 5 feet 2 inches, who fled the scene wearing a gas mask and an orange construction vest. The Police Department has announced a reward of up to $50,000 for anyone who provides information on his whereabouts.
According to the authorities, the agents have identified James after finding a credit card in his name with which a van from the U-Haul company was rented. It was located shortly after in the vicinity of the station.
In the events of Tuesday, the attacker detonated two smoke bombs before firing. Authorities say he did it 33 times with a 99mm Glock 17 pistol.
The shooting happened before 8:30 am on a Manhattan-bound N train in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at a news conference.
Firefighters responded to a call about smoke at the subway station on 36th. Street and 4th. Ave. Crews found the shooting victims and several “unexploded devices,” according to a statement from the city’s Fire Department.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced last fall that it had placed security cameras in all 472 New York subway stations, saying they would put criminals on a “fast track to justice.”
But Mayor Eric Adams said there was “some kind of malfunction with the camera system” at the Metro station.
Shooting in New York subway leaves at least 13 people injured
Investigators believe the gunman’s gun jammed, preventing further firing, and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has completed an urgent search to identify the gun’s original manufacturer, seller and owner.
The attack unsettled a city already scarred by rising gun violence and the threat of terrorism. It has unnerved some New Yorkers riding the nation’s busiest subway system, prompting officials to step up surveillance at transportation hubs from Philadelphia to San Francisco.
