Detective work and tipsters nabbed Frank James, 62, who has been hit with federal terrorism charges.
Frank James, the man accused of shooting subway riders in Brooklyn during the Tuesday-morning commute, was arrested a little over 24 hours after the attack took place. He faces a federal terrorism charge for an attack on mass transit that could result in a sentence of life in prison. “Thirty-three shots, but less than 30 hours later, we’re able to say — we got him,” Mayor Eric Adams said, announcing the arrest. The NYPD had recovered video footage of James entering the Kings Highway subway station in Brooklyn prior to the shooting, wearing a reflective safety vest and helmet that were later found at the crime scene. Three blocks away, police discovered an abandoned U-Haul van he had rented in Philadelphia, his last known address, that was linked to him in part by a key also discarded at the crime scene. ATF officials traced the handgun recovered inside the subway to James, who had purchased it from a federally licensed dealer in Ohio in 2011.
