smoke canisters, fireworks and magazine clips. one source close to the open probe says they actually believe the gun jammed. ten hours later, the suspect is still at large in new york. i m joined now for breaking coverage by jim cavanaugh. this is a story that s captivated new yorkers and people around the country have watched it. in its outlines at times, it was scary and reminiscent of something that could have been even worse. what do you make of what is known and the evidence that the authorities have recovered, jim? well, ari, you know, your lawyerly background, you understand these things. we have a lot of evidence in that bag. prints, dna, sweat. touch dna. ballistics. and the gun that can be traced. it could be traced right back to the owner. sometimes that happens. it could be a stolen gun. we also know the u-haul van was
incident like this hitting the subway? here s a mayor that was talking about how bad the crime rate was in new york city and especially in the subway. where were the transit police? all right? where were the transit police? they were supposed to be there. how come the transit police aren t down there? jesse: yeah. they are not down there at the height of rush hour and the suspect was able to get away. it s pretty amazing. let s go to the commissioner here in new york. process the crime scene, they recovered a 9-millimeter semiautomatic handgun, extended magazines and a hatchet. also found is a liquid we believe to be gasoline and a bag containing consumer grade fireworks and a hobby fuse. about an hour ago detectives located a u-haul van in brooklyn that we believe is connected to the suspect. at this time we still do not know the suspect motivation. clearly, this individual boarded the train and was intent on
glock with two extended magazines at the scene. and new now, we are learning that the suspect may have left a credit card at the scene linked to a u-haul van with arizona plates. early this afternoon the police commissioner came out with details on the suspect. we will describe him as an individual. he is being reported as a male black approximately 5 5 with a heavy build. he was wearing a green construction type vest and a hooded sweatshirt. jesse: again, we will repeat it a black male approximately 5 5 with a heavy build. the suspect might be anywhere at this point. so these traits that new yorkers and everybody should know we should be keeping an eye out for. and it s the media s responsibility to keep the public informed with the facts. make sure all the details are out there. but that s not happening tonight. instead, the media is letting
[inaudible] the crime scene is still being processed now. the van is being processed and the subway is being processed. but it s too early right now to tell. can you explain where this u-haul was located? was it nearby? [inaudible] investigating videos but can you confirm [inaudible] video? the video, the youtube videos? there is a man who posted frank james we re still working to see if that s our person who rented the video. where. kings highway. 30 west fourth and kings highway. is there anything more you can tell us [inaudible] direct threat to the mayor?
[inaudible] so we are not calling them threats. he made some concerning posts or someone made some concerning posts. we cannot contribute to that individual yet. under an abundance of caution we are going to tighten the mayor s security detail. [inaudible] that is subject to investigation. we don t have that information yet. does he have a criminal record? [inaudible] mr. james is just a person of interest. we know right now who rented that u-haul van in philadelphia. the keys to that u-haul van were found in the subway in our shooter s possession. we don t know right now if mr. james has any connection to the subway. that s still under investigation.