Kind of glued to our phones on our i-pods and what have you, and you know, to be very much aware of your surroundings, because the moments as we saw yesterday do mean a lot. and thanks god, john and bill he did not get out of the subway and start shooting more victims. john: and thank god his gun jammed. gillian: or didn t have note. john: a lot of times the shooters have multiple weapons, chris. they can have multiple weapons but also john, i think you brought this up yesterday, also when we spoke and something near and dear to me, it s a train i used to take and back in 1993, with the colin ferguson shooting on the long island railroad, his gun also jammed and that was the opportunity gave the people riding, the passengers riding an opportunity to overcome him after he had shot a number of individuals. so, these things, as much as these they have devious plans, they don t always work out the way they had envisioned. john: yeah, that shooting on
Deck investigation. literally hundreds of nypd detectives worked doggedly during the last 30 hours to bring it together. did so in tandem with law enforcement partners, including those from the fbi, nypd joint terrorism task force, crime gun intelligence center and the regional task force led by the united states marshal service. we hope this arrest brings some solace to the victims and the people of the city of new york. we used every resource at our disposal to gather and process significant evidence that directly links mr. james to the shooting. we were able to shrink his world quickly. there was nowhere left for him to run. i would like to turn it over to chief james essex for details of the investigation. good afternoon, everybody.
Or new york. john: a clarification here, i read it too quickly. he may have been riding the subway system for additional hours after the shooting, not that he was still riding it while apprehended. gillian: chris, that said, additional ten minutes or several hours, not knowing where the suspect was, right, should authorities have shut down the system? it seems crazy they allowed him to be exposed to people underground for any amount of time. that is a little shocking. i mean best way to catch somebody, or capture somebody quickly, get the photo out quickly. they took about four hours to do that, so you know, he took off his vest, his helmet, his mask, so he s a different person now. so i can see why he was not instantly recognized until his photo went out about four hours later. so that may reflect about the time that he got out of the subway system.
good afternoon, thank you all for being here today. as he just discussed, mr. james is now facing a federal charge for his actions. a terrorist attack on mass transit. we have two ways that you can get in contact with us because i want to be very clear that this is still an ongoing investigation. if you have additional information regarding mr. james activity or if you have additional information, please reach out to us. contact the fbi, 800-call-fbi, or provide digital media through fbi.gov/brooklyn shooting. we need to hear from you so we can fully understand all the events that have occurred over the last 30 hours. it s crucial that we receive the assistance of the public as we piece this case together. there has been some reports that fbi holdings to date had a tie to mr. james.
Investigation, please visit fbi.gov/brooklyn shooting where you can upload that information. so, we are seeking the public s help. you heard mention before of a name of possible interest. videos would be particularly helpful or any other additional witnesses who have yet to come forward to provide information that might help this investigation. so thanks for your participation and i thank everyone for their partnership in the course ever the investigation. thank you. we will take a couple questions. mr. driscoll police say he fled on foot after abandoning the van. we are not sure where he went at this point. subject to investigation. we have a number of resources combing on foot and doing video canvass as well to determine where he went. i m sorry. videos online talking about victims mental health program. can you tell us about. this based on preliminary information, there are some