New York has police arrested this Wednesday Frank Robert James62-year-old black man who took office this Wednesday identified as suspect pull Tuesday on the subway new York 10 people were injured by bullets, and 13 people were affected by smoke, causing injuries, falls and panic attacks.
The two agents saw James. Wander the streets of the East Village and they arrested him on Saint Marks Street, as reported by CNN.
The arrest puts an end to nearly 30 hours of persecution and search, giving a breath of fresh air to a city just starting its day. increased police presence in police stations with possible fears twisted by meters and obligations. The New York subway and its passengers returned to their routine business on Wednesday, a day after the shooting that caused chaos and panic and left 23 people injured, including 10 from gunshot wounds.
Authorities no longer doubted that James was the one who unleashed the terror in the second car of the N line when it was packed at rush hour between the 59th street station and the 36th street station in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park. , throwing two smoke grenades and then opening fire with at least 33 shots.
disturbing footprint on youtube
There is no longer any doubt that James belongs to a family. a long series of disturbing videos YouTubethat the platform suspended James’ account operating under the name “Prophet of the Truth” this Wednesday for “violating community rules”. Recordings he began releasing two years ago, the last of which was dated this Monday. launched filled diatribes racismagainst both whites and blacks and messages of anger, violence and threats, as well as misogyny. “We need to see more mass shooting,” he said in one of the recordings.
In some of the videos shot this year, James also blamed New York’s mayor Eric Adams. The covid-19 test was positive. James Questioned Adams’ plans to reduce homelessness and crime on the subway on the subway and assured that they were “doomed to fail.”
James claimed he suffered too post traumatic stress and has been victim of the system Supporting people with mental disorders in a crisis in New York.
In one of the videos recorded after traveling from Milwaukee (in Wisconsin) to Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), two cities whose addresses he knew, James claimed to have gone to the “danger zone.” And in another recording on Monday, he said: “I’ve been through so much that I can say I want to kill people. I wanted to see people die in front of my face. now. But I thought, man, I don’t want to go to goddamn jail.”
complications
The search for James had become complicated. security camera malfunctions However, the researchers used images recorded at other stations, as well as the passengers in the attacked vehicle. The event also sparked Adams’ interest in exploring the installation of technology that could help detect the presence of firearms in the subway, but he had to clarify that the mayor’s idea of using similar metal detectors is excluded for the time being. from airports.