Police are offering $50,000 for information leading to the arrest of the suspect, a 62-year-old black man.
The New York Police continue their investigative work to find the author of the shooting in the Brooklyn subway that left almost thirty injured. The attack erupted during rush hour as the Manhattan-bound N Line train entered an underground station in the Sunset Park neighborhood. The investigations indicate that the shooter, who fired 33 shots with a 9-millimeter Glock semi-automatic pistol, acted “alone.” The weapon, it seems, jammed in the middle of the process, which prevented a greater tragedy.
The Police Department reported this Wednesday that Frank James, a 62-year-old African-American, is now the “suspect” in the shooting, a day after they pointed out that they only saw him as “a person of interest”, since the evidence linked him with the crime scene. The agents identified him after finding at the scene a credit card in his name with which he rented a van from U-Haul, a moving and storage equipment rental company, in Philadelphia. The keys to the vehicle, located nearby, were also found.
With desires to “exterminate”
Authorities recovered the murder weapon along with three ammunition clips, an axe, explosive devices and a gasoline container. Through witnesses, the Police described the aggressor, with addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin, as a man of robust constitution, 1.60 meters, who wore an orange vest and gray sweatshirt. On his YouTube account he posted videos expressing his desire to “exterminate” depending on what kind of people, as well as his discontent with the city’s mayor, Eric Adams.
At the moment the author has not been found, so the Police Department asked for citizen collaboration and even offered rewards of 50,000 dollars (just over 46,000 euros) for any information.
Of the victims it was explained this Wednesday that none is serious. The bullets hit ten people, five of whom are hospitalized in a “critical but stable” condition, while another thirteen suffered respiratory distress or were injured during the avalanche of passengers desperate to flee the car. “I saw a cloud of smoke, people in chaos and lying on the ground. I immediately said to myself that I had to leave, ”said Threstan Ralph, a Brooklyn resident who saw the event in person. In turn, Yav Montano, another passenger, stated that “there was a smoke grenade explosion two minutes before we arrived at the station, it seemed as if it was planned.”
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