two more questions. about the weapon that was recovered, has that opinion traced pack to mr. james at all and is there any likelihood [ inaudible ] look, that s as far as pulling the trigger, that s still under investigation as far as the firearm is concerned. it s not stolen. we re working with our partners in the atf to track back to the point of sale and move forward. your physical description of james don t match the description put out today. there was two smoke grenades thrown. there are various descriptions of height. we re looking through all possible leads of persons of interest. i know on social media you see two photos of the person of interest. all right. thank you very much.
smoke grenades, a hatchet, a milk style rolling cart, the gasoline and a u haul key. the u haul key at the scene led us to the recovery of a u hall van a short while ago in brooklyn. the male we believe is the renter of the u-haul in philadelphia is a frank r james, male 62 years old with addresses in wisconsin and philadelphia. we are endeavoring to locate him to determine his connection to the subway shooting if any. the two crime scenes, the subway and the van are very active and still being processed. we re asking for anyone s help with information, cell phone video, witness information or if
james and his ties to new york city? we know mr. james has addresses in wisconsin and philadelphia. as far as new york, he s under investigation but he s just a person of interest right now in this case. [ inaudible ] we know the shooter entered the station of king s highway. so we re asking for anybody who knows from kings highway to 35th street is eight stops. anybody who sees him with any information, please call crime stoppers. [ inaudible ] we literally have hundreds of detectives out in the field now pouring through video at train stations, the recovery sites of the vehicle. so we hope to have clearer pictures of who we believe is the shooter.
[ inaudible ] in an abundance of caution, we re tighten the mayor s security detail. [ inaudible ] that is subject to investigation. we don t have that information yet. does he have a criminal record? mr. james is just a person of interest right now that rented that u haul van in philadelphia. the keys were found in the subway in our shooter s possession. we don t know now if mr. james has any confection to the subway. that s still under
and others privately owned by the nypd has access to the video feeds and when you add in so many of the license plate readers and other databases that are available to obtain information at the spur of the moment, there is significant and substantive items that the police department has to start investigating. i m going to stop you mark. it looks like in press conference is beginning. we ll listen in. here we go. we re here to provide an update to the shooting that occurred earlier today in brooklyn. we ll hear from the police commissioner of the city of new york, chief of department ken corey, first deputy commissioner ed here, chief of detectives james eseg will update us on the investigation. we have assistant director in charge of the fbi and in charge of the new york office mike driscoll and the jttf efforts within the nypd on going as well as the special agent in charge of the burro of alcohol, tobacco