Police have identified a person involved in yesterday’s shooting in Brooklyn in which 23 people were injured, including 10 gunmen. The man, described by the police as “the person involved” in the Brooklyn subway attack, has posted many videos on social media in recent years. A man named Frank R. James voices his tough, bigoted views in videos. In the videos he shared recently, he criticizes the policies of New York Mayor Eric Adams.
Police said Frank R. James, 62, had addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia.
An official said James had rented a minibus in Philadelphia over the past few days, drove it near the subway line where the attack took place, and left it there. The van was found by the police on Tuesday afternoon.
Police are offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to Frank James’ arrest.
VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Police shared a screenshot of James, taken from the YouTube video.
In the videos, the man, who is thought to be the same person in the photo shared by the police, gives long speeches, many of which are about race and violence, often linking these topics with current events, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and Mayor Adams’ policies.
In a video posted to YouTube on March 1, the person featured in the video criticized Mayor Eric Adams by name for his recently announced policies for public safety in subways that focused on the homeless.
TRAIN ATTACK IN BROOKLYN
Smoke began to fill one of the cabins as the train approached Brooklyn’s 36th Street station at 8:30 am local time on Tuesday, April 12.
It has been reported that a 165 cm tall man, described as ‘heavyly built’, opened a gas cylinder that caused destruction inside while people were panicking.
The suspect, wearing a ‘green construction vest and gray hooded sweatshirt’, wore a gas mask to breathe comfortably in the chaos.
He then pulled out a gun and started shooting indiscriminately at people trying to get off the train.
A 9mm semi-automatic pistol was found at the crime scene, along with “long magazines, an axe, gasoline, consumer-grade fireworks, and a hobby fuse,” the Daily Mail reported.