Alleged Brooklyn Subway Shooter Faces Federal Terrorism Charge

Matt PalumboApril 14, 2022

Subway shooting suspect Frank James is set to face federal court Thursday for allegedly turning a New York rush-hour commute into bloody terror.

The 62-year-old will be arraigned in Brooklyn on a terrorism-related charge Thursday afternoon — a day after he was nabbed following a 30-hour citywide manhunt for him.

James is accused of firing 33 rounds on the crowded Manhattan-bound N train in Sunset Park on Tuesday, leaving 29 innocent straphangers injured.

After fleeing, a smirking James was finally taken into custody in the East Village on Wednesday afternoon when he — and other eagle-eyed New Yorkers — called Crime Stoppers.

“I’m Frank, I’m the person you’re looking for. I’m surprised it took so long,” James told cops as they cuffed him, police sources told The Post.

New York City police officers arrest subway shooting suspect Frank R. James, 62, in the East Village.

AP Photo/Meredith Goldberg

US Attorney indictment against Frank James showing his attempt to file the serial numers from gun he allegedly used to shoot 10 straphangers, fireworks, van, entering subway station... — Frank James is accused of firing 33 rounds on the Manhattan-bound N train in Sunset Park on Tuesday.

The NYPD is investigating a possible explosion in the subway in Brooklyn Tuesday morning, police said. — Frank James allegedly turned a New York rush-hour commute into bloody terror.

Federal prosecutors immediately hit him with a charge of committing terrorist attacks and other violence against mass transportation systems.

He is facing life in prison if convicted.

“My fellow New Yorkers, we got him,” Mayor Eric Adams said in the wake of his arrest. “We got him.”

Alleged mass shooter Frank James is lead out of the 9th Precinct by the NYPD and FBI after being arrested in the lower eastside of Manhattan. — A smirking Frank James was finally taken into custody when he — and other eagle-eyed New Yorkers — called Crime Stoppers.

This photo provided by Will B Wylde, a person is aided outside a subway car in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. A gunman filled a rush-hour subway train with smoke and shot multiple people Tuesday, leaving wounded commuters bleeding on a Brooklyn platform as others ran screaming, authorities said. Police were still searching for the suspect. — A person is aided outside a subway car in Brooklyn, April 12, 2022.

NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell added: “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.”