Authorities on Wednesday arrested the man suspected of setting off smoke bombs and shooting 10 passengers in a New York subway car, Mayor Eric Adams said, capping a manhunt that had renewed fears of violence in the city's transit system.
riding the subways for 29 hours between the attack and his capture. according to the criminal complaint james drove a u haul van from philadelphia to new york. they found ammunition and weapons at his philadelphia apartment and storage unit. he posted youtube videos against homelessness, new york city and the mayor. an upcoming race war. frank james make his first court appearance in federal court today facing terrorism charges for attacking a mass transit system and if he is convicted could spend the rest of his life in prison. bill: we re watching. thank you, bryan llenas in brooklyn. dana: more with andy mccarthy. this guy has a long rap sheet. none of it would have put him behind bars to prevent it
philadelphia. the keys to that u-haul van were found in the subway in our shooters positions. laura: we re learning more about mr. james and we are going to get to that in a little bit. but if, in fact, he is the shooter, you might be wondering how did a 5 5 portly 62-year-old getaway, escape, from the biggest and most advanced police force in the world? in part it involved u-haul. another also malfunction with a camera system at that particular station, mayor adams told a local radio station adding we are not sure if it was a video feed problem. what? but that wasn t the most embarrassing moment today. with the suspect still not in custody, the man who campaigned on the importance of tackling violent crime, he still chose to politicize the tragedy. i never bought the claim that he was going to be this fresh start for new york, a tough on crime
van, connected to the shooting. anyone with information on his whereabouts call this number. 800-577-tips. the number and the man that was just up on the screen, if you have any information, call that number. and there are chilling new details about what was left behind at the scene of that subway shooting. a glock handgun. three extended magazines. two detonated smoke genrenades. a hatchet and gasoline. quite an arsenal. also left the scene, key to the u-haul van, a key they found right there. the chaos of the attack captured in passengers dramatic cellphone videos taken as they suddenly realized their morning commute had turned violent. during all this time i m thinking it s firecrackers and it s not until i raise my head i see that there is a lot of blood
and welcome back. we are recapping one of our top stories. the manhunt that s under way this hour for a gunman who reportedly set off two smoke bombs, then opened fire in a new york city subway. it happened tuesday. authorities say 33 shots were fired, and 10 people were hit including 5 students commuting to school. thankfully all are expected to survive. police named frank james as a person of interest. keys to a u-haul van were found at the scene, and that van was later discovered in brooklyn. police say james rented the van, but they don t know if he has any connection to the subway attack, and he has not been named as a suspect. the bodies of six civilians with gunshot wounds were found in the basement of a home outside the capital city of kyiv. just more evidence of war crimes