marks in manhattan, and police were taken to the scene because of a stabbing. we will get more from pete in a couple seconds. let me give you an update on what we know about james as of now. he has a youtube channel called prophet of truth. he said i wanted to watch people die right in front of my blank face immediately. in another video addressing mayor adam s efforts to tackle safety and homelessness on the subways, he said it was, quote, doomed to fail. here s what mayor adams said today when he was asked about the social media posts. i was briefed by the police department on some of his social media posts. i think when you look at people who have engaged in social media all day, make these posts, he appears to be all over the place according to the briefing. i just think that we need to focus on his apprehension at this time and the police department is going to use those posts and all the evidence that we are gathering not only to apprehend him, and we must make sure t
Manhattan bound n train which they believe he was on for an hour before setting off a smoke grenade and opening fire. we will get a briefing on all this in just a moment. joining me is pete williams and chris jansing. the word we have right now, there s a suspect in custody, the initial word is that it is frank james. he has been this person has been taken to the local police precinct. he was arrested in the east village of st. marks and 1st avenue, which is near avenue a and first avenue. we are waiting to make sure that is him, but the initial word is that it is. we will get the official word here shortly, but that s the initial take from the officers
First avenue near a park in new york city. there was a public call to the new york city tip line, what they call their crime stoppers line, that led authorities to this area where we re told by several law enforcement officials now that frank james was found and arrested, taken to local police precinct for processing, and now the question is what charges are going to be filed. he could face state charges, of course, of attempted murder or all kinds of other possible charges dealing with the shooting, but there may be federal charges as well, and the federal government charges may jump to the head of the line. there are a number of different options that are being looked at here. there are several statutes that make it a crime to interfere with the operation of trains, or to enter a train or train property with the intent to harm people, that s a possibility. there are firearm charges because he carried a firearm across state lines.
After firing his weapon 33 times at innocent new york city subway riders, mr. james boarded the r train that pulled into the station and went one stop up and exited at the 25th street station. we have a picture of that. the gun used in this, a 9 millimeter glock was recovered at the crime scene and was purchased by mr. james in 2011 in ohio. we tracked mr. james, and his last known whereabouts was 7th avenue, entering the subway. minutes ago, thankfully, nypd patrol officers from the ninth precinct responded to st. marks and first avenue where they apprehended him without incident. this case was quickly solved using technology, video canvassing and getting that information out to the public,
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