over 30 rounds on a subway car after setting off two smoke canisters. in the confusion, making his escape on another train across the platform tonight, the suspect, his criminal history, and the search for a motive ron allen starts us off now with late details. reporter: tonight, a collective sigh of relief in new york city frank, why did you shoot all those people reporter: 62-year-old frank r. james is in custody, charged with a federal crime after the bloody attack in a brooklyn subway station during rush hour. governor kathy hochul announcing the news. the suspect has been arrested. [ applause ] reporter: the arrest comes after a 28-hour manhunt. police releasing several images of the suspect and appealing to the public for help in a bizarre twist, law enforcement officials say it was james himself who called the crime stoppers tip line, saying he heard police were looking for him, and he was at a mcdonald s in manhattan s east village. he said his phone was dying, so the
currency is it working? and the female coach who just made mlb history. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone from the mayor of new york city tonight, we got him. and with that, millions of anxious transit riders breathing a sigh of relief after word of an arrest in yesterday s terrifying rush hour subway shooting spree in brooklyn that left ten people shot. a massive and roughly 30-hour manhunt ending this afternoon in this moment, frank robert james led away after being taken into custody on the streets of manhattan s east village neighborhood nypd detectives releasing video of james yesterday morning as he entered the subway in construction attire before the shooting. a video trail part of what they call significant evidence gathered that includes a gun left at the scene that authorities say they were able to quickly trace back to james. police say james fired
the most wanted man in new york was caught yesterday in manhattan. frank james is charged as the shooter in the attack on a subway in brooklyn on tuesday. nbc news correspondent ron allen has more. reporter: a collective sigh of relief in new york city. frank, why did you shoot all of those people? reporter: 62-year-old frank r. james is in custody, charged with a federal crime after the bloody attack on a brooklyn subway station during rush however, governor kathy hochul announcing the news. the suspect has been arrested. reporter: the arrest comes after a 28-hour manhunt. police releasing several images of the suspect and appealing to the public for help. in a bizarre twist, law enforcement officials say it was james himself who calmed the crime stoppers tip line, saying he heard police were looking for him and he was at a mcdonald s in manhattan s east village. he said his phone was dying so they should come quickly. officers rushed there but he was already gone. they foun
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o donnell: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we have breaking news as we come on the air about how police found and arrested the suspect in tuesday s shooting at a brooklyn subway. we re learning tonight that the alleged gunman reportedly called the cops on himself and told them to come and get him from a mcdonald s in manhattan. now locked up, there s a miley cyrus of relief in the big apple, after a nearly-30-hour manmustn t we have new video tonight of frank james leaving a new york city precinct and being transferred to federal custody. this just in he will appear in court for the first time tomorrow. james is accused of shooting 10 people, including five students who wering to school. luckily, no one was killed.aunis iicion james h tie y oions wh motivai unr, trail of profanity-raced lantz on social media videos that were allegedly posted by james. cbs mola lenghi has all the new details tonight and joins us again from the scene. good evening,