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A man accused of opening fire on a Brooklyn subway train last year, wounding 10 passengers in a rush-hour attack that shocked New York City, was scheduled to plead guilty Tuesday to federal terrorism charges.
Frank James, who had posted online that he was the “Prophet of Doom,” was to appear in Brooklyn federal court to admit pulling the trigger on the Manhattan-bound train as it moved between stations on April 12.
James, 63, had previously vowed to fight the charges.
James was expected to plead guilty to all 11 counts in his indictment, including 10 counts of committing a terrorist attack against a mass transit system — one for each wounded passenger.
He didn’t have a plea agreement, and prosecutors are seeking to put him in prison for decades.
According to prosecutors, James set off a pair of smoke grenades and fired a barrage of random shots inside the train, bloodying passengers as it moved between stations in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.
Dressed as a maintenance worker, James then fled in the haze and confusion, setting off a 30-hour citywide manhunt that ended when he called the police on himself.
Before the shooting, James, who is Black, posted dozens of videos online in which he ranted about race, violence and his struggles with mental illness, sometimes adopting the moniker “Prophet of Doom.
