BREAKING: Footage shows Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James being taken into custody by NYPD after having been spotted in the East Village.
Will B Wylde via APin Brooklyn, shooting 10 people, is in custody, officials said, ending an over 24-hour-long manhunt.James, 62, was spotted in the East Village, near St. Marks Place and First Avenue, and taken into custody without incident, police said. The NYPD was alerted to his presence by pictures on social media, sources said.Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James is arrested in New York on April 13, 2022.
A man mumbling to himself on the train donned a gas mask and detonated a smoke canister before pulling out a handgun and firing at least 33 bullets, a police official told ABC News. Three teenagers were among the 10 people shot. "Based on the preliminary investigation, we believe he was alone," Adams told ABC News in an interview Wednesday on"Good Morning America."
Senior law enforcement officials told ABC News that they have uncovered a number of social media posts and videos tied to James and are studying them closely to see if they are relevant to the subway attack.NYPD officers stand guard near the 36th Street subway station on April 13, 2022 in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. A manhunt is underway for a gunman who shot 10 people in the subway the previous day.
Police said the U-Haul van was found Tuesday afternoon, unoccupied and parked near a subway station on King's Highway in Brooklyn's Gravesend neighborhood, about 5 miles southeast of the 36th Street station. Nothing of investigative interest was discovered in the vehicle, apart from a pillow and other indications that James had been living inside, a law enforcement source told ABC News.
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