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Frank James, the 62-year-old man who attacked a crowded New York subway car on Tuesday, will remain in custody and will not be eligible for bail, according to the state court he appeared on Thursday. James could face a life sentence.
The man accused of opening fire in the Brooklyn subway in New York, Frank James, and who appeared in court this Thursday will remain in custody without bail, according to his lawyer, Mia Eisner-Grynberg.
Magistrate Roanne Mann said she would ask the Federal Bureau of Prisons to give James “psychiatric care” as requested by his lawyers, as well as magnesium pills for leg cramps, at the federal correctional facility in Brooklyn where he is being held. secluded.
While the authorities investigate the motive for the attack. James, 62, was taken into custody after calling police and sharing his location on Wednesday.
On the call, he said they could find him at a McDonald’s in Manhattan’s East Village. James was missing when officers arrived, but he was soon located, department chief Kenneth Corey said. Following the arrest, Mayor Eric Adams said, “My fellow New Yorkers, we have it.”
James threw smoke bombs and opened fire with his 9mm pistol on a crowded train Tuesday morning, resulting in gunshot wounds to around 10 people. According to prosecutors, in the report they wrote on Thursday, the man “fired approximately 33 bullets in cold blood at terrified passengers who had nowhere to run or hide.”
The Prosecutor’s Office will ask that the man remain in custody and described the shooting as premeditated and calculated. According to existing information, Frank James was wearing a helmet and wearing, as a disguise, an orange jacket like the one worn by construction workers. After the shots he took off these items to avoid being recognized, in the jacket there was a receipt from a store in Philadelphia
According to preliminary investigations, James could be preparing more attacks, since he had ammunition, an axe, smoke grenades and gasoline in a warehouse in Philadelphia. In addition, there is evidence connecting him to the attack: his credit card and the key to a van he rented were at the scene of the incident. The van was unoccupied near the station where investigators believe James entered the subway system.
Surveillance cameras captured the vehicle arriving Tuesday morning from Philadelphia, also a man getting off near the station and wearing what appeared to be the same orange jacket that had been abandoned.
Other evidence against James
The authorities are examining videos that James posted on his YouTube channel, specifically the most recent one, broadcast on the day of the attack, where he spoke in inflammatory language about racism, society’s treatment of blacks in the United States. In another video he said that “the message to me is: I should have picked up a gun and started shooting.” He also talked about homelessness, violence and about his psychiatric history.
In recent months, he has denounced in his recordings the difficulties he faced with mental health care in New York City, and criticized Mayor Eric Adams’ policies on mental health and subway safety.
Despite the evidence collected so far, the attack remains unclear and there are no indications linking it to terrorist groups.
What is known so far about Frank James
He was born in New York but recently lived in Philadelphia and Milwaukee, according to investigations. One of her neighbors in Philadelphia, Bruce Allen, said the man never spoke to her, not even on moving day.
James had had factory jobs, as he recounted in his social media videos. Police said his record was extensive, as he had been arrested 12 times in New York and New Jersey between 1990 and 2007 on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to possession of burglary tools.
The suspect faces a federal terrorism charge for which he could be sentenced to life in prison.
what happened in the subway
When the first smoke bomb went off, a passenger asked him what he was doing, according to a witness account to police. James responded by saying “oops” as he pulled out a second smoke bomb before drawing his gun and opening fire, Detective Chief James Essig said.
As the train stopped at a station, passengers fled in terror, while the attacker boarded another train, apparently the same one many of the passengers were heading to for safety, according to police. James got off at the next station and disappeared into the city.
The victims range between 16 and 60 years old.
with AP
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