u.s. customs took a look his passport, said, okay, you were in ukraine. are you bringing any weapons back? he said no. he said, okay, come on in, and that was the end of that. there you go. jake tapper, rest up. see you tomorrow night. thank you, sir. thanks, don. this is don lemon tonight. two big breaking news stories here at home and overseas. manhunt first. police urgently searching for a subway passenger in brooklyn who they say put on a gas mask, deployed a gas canister and began shooting at rush hour commuters as a train pulled into the station earlier today, firing 33 times. wounding at least ten people. thankfully, though, no one was killed. police believe he only stopped firing because the gun jammed. now, the nypd tonight saying that they are looking for a man, look on your screen now, calling a person of interest. they are not calling him a suspect. frank james, that is the person of interest they are looking for. they say that he rented a u-haul
as detectives process the crime scene, they recovered a nine millimeter semiautomatic handgun, extended magazines, and a hatchet. also found is what we believe to be gasoline and a bag containing consumer grade fireworks and hubby fuse. this is a picture of that bag of fireworks the police commissioner just mentioned. this afternoon, detectives located u-haul van but they believe is connected to a person of interest. today, the search is underway for that man. 62 year old frank james. the surveillance caught the attention of president biden as well who just yesterday announced new steps to try to curb gun violence. my wife and i are praying for all those who are injured and all those touched by that trauma. we are grateful for all the first responders who jumped into action, including civilians. civilians who did not hesitate to help a troubled passenger. and if it seems like there s
At least 23 people were injured as the gunman went on a shooting spree at the Brooklyn subway station on Tuesday, the New York Police Department said. The NYPD police have identified the shooter as Frank R James and said a massive manhunt has been launched to nab the “Person of Interest”.
contents, that had the smoke grenades, that had the extra ammo, that had the fireworks, also found inside that bag, police say, was the key to the u-haul van. so they believe the shooter had access, or for some reason has a connection, to the ban that was rented. that is in part why they believe they suspect it s one in the same person. law! can he prove? it no they can t. that s why they want to find this person of interest. and i want to see if if he is connected to the shooting, involved in the shooting. right now, that s the operating theory. again, they don t have it yet, so they are referring to him as a person of interest. so they recover the keys to a u-haul van off the train, it was along with the bag of fireworks and these other smoke canisters. those keys where with belonging to a u-haul. they know the individual who rented the u-haul who is the person of interest.
who rented the u-haul van. you heard the commissioner mention. they are an offering on a word of $50,000 for information about his whereabouts. the shooting happened during rush hour this morning in the sunset park neighborhood in southwest brooklyn. residential, diverse thriving neighborhood of asian and latino communities. there are number of lines that meet and continue into manhattan in that morning commute. on an average weekday, about 9000 people passed through that subway stop. shortly before 8:30 am as an manhattan bound and train pulled through the station, a man put on a gas mask, released two guests canisters in the subway car and opened fire. this is a scene from inside by car.