east village after sources say he actually called in a tip leading police to his general location. he was taken into custody without incident. and has been transported to an nypd facility. we hope this arrest brings some solace to the victims and the people of the city of new york. reporter: the 62-year-old talked about violence and mass shootings in multiple rambling videos posted on youtube, including this one uploaded monday. i been through a lot of [ bleep ]. where i can say i wanted to kill people. i wanted to watch them die right in front of my [ bleep ] face. but i thought about the fact, hey man, i don t want to go to prison. in other videos, he said he has ptsd, ranted about race, homelessness, and mayor eric adams. adams telling cnn. why aren t we identifying dangerous threats? why aren t we being more proactive? the videos also giving insight into the alleged shooter s path to brooklyn.
without incident and has been transported to an nypd facility. we hope this arrest brings some solace to the victims and the people of the city of new york. reporter: the 62-year-old talked about violence and mass shootings and multiple rambling videos posted on youtube, including this one uploaded monday. i ve been through a lot of [ bleep ]. what i can say, i wanted to kill people. i wanted to watch people die right in front of my [ bleep ] face immediately. but i thought about the fact that hey, man, i don t want to go to prison. in other videos, the subjgge said he had ptsd. why aren t we identifying these dangerous threats? why aren t we being more proactive, instead of waiting for this to happen? reporter: the videos also giving insight into the alleged shooter s path to brooklyn. leaving his home on milwaukee on march 20th, the suspect said he was heading to the, quote, danger zone.
right in front of my [bleep] face immediately. but i thought about the fact that i don t want to go to prison. reporter: he is charged with a federal crime. he has been charged by complete in brooklyn federal court with one count of violating sections 1992, a-7 and b-1 which prohibits terrorists and other violent attacks against mass transportation systems. reporter: if convicted, he is looking at life in prison. i think the question everyone has this morning is how unusual is it for a suspect like this to call the cops on himself?
premeditated mass shooting that he had a stockpile of ammunition, and then they write in the detention memo that he came to brooklyn prepared with all the weapons and tools he needed. and they then list all the evidence they have so far found that they say links him to the crime from the gun. but then they also talk about his social media presence. those youtube videos that we have been talking about and they argue that the youtube videos show how violent he is. take a listen to some of that, and this is what prosecutors are arguing should also keep him in jail. i ve been through a lot of [ bleep ]. i can say i want to kill people. i wanted to watch people die right in front of my [ bleep ] face immediately. but i thought about the fact that, hey, man, i don t want to go to no [ bleep ] prison. john, with these videos and other information that investigators now have, they are
to discuss the desire to kill. what more are we learning? reporter: the suspect who opened fire in a car in brooklyn, a rail car, we are getting new insight into the mind of this shooter and a series of youtube videos posted online. the shooter talks about wanting to conduct violence, wanting to possibly attack people he believes harmed him in his own chilling words saying we need to see more mass shootings. watch. i ve been through a lot of [ bleep ] where i can say i wanted to kill people. i wanted to watch people die right in front of my [ bleep ] face immediately. but i thought about the fact, hey, man, i don t want to go to [ bleep ] prison. we are going to see more mass shootings. more mass shootings. to make you understand you re going down. no, it s not about the shooter. it s about the environment in which he has to exist.