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It appeared someone tried to deface the serial number. Investigators later found the handgun he used and discarded after it jammed mid-rampage. Police also say James vanished after the attack. Police believe that's because the smoke cannister affected the suspect's ability to see targets. None were killed, and all of the gunshot wounds were to the lower body, not the head or torso. 'He was talking to himself the whole time,' Gjeloshi said. Police say he got on a Manhattan-bound N train at Kings Highway and rode eight stops before strapping on a gas mask, detonating smoke bombs and opening fire inside the packed train car and on the platform at 36th Street.įatim Gjeloshi says he was sitting across from the suspect when he started shooting. New surveillance video shows James walking toward the subway just before he carried out Tuesday's attack.

Surveillance cameras captured James allegedly driving a rented U-Haul van early Tuesday morning over the Verrazano Bridge and then parking it in Gravesend, Brooklyn, two blocks from the N train subway stop. 'The statue is titled 'Terrorism and Other Violent Attacks in Mass Transportation.''Īs CBS2's Dick Brennan reports, in the criminal complaint, prosecutors carefully laid out the timeline to the attack. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. 'Frank James has been charged by complaint in Brooklyn Federal Court with one count of violating 18 USC sections 1992, A7 and B1, which prohibits terrorist and other violent attacks against mass transportation systems,' said Breon Peace, U.S. He now faces a federal terrorism charge, which includes carrying out violence onboard mass transit.

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It was the worst mass shooting in the history of the subway system and now James will face terror-related charges.įederal prosecutors say James, 62, crossed state lines from Pennsylvania to New York to carry out Tuesday's violent subway attack, bringing with him a bag full of weapons, including hatchets, pepper spray, gas canisters and a 9mm handgun. The NYPD, the FBI and the ATF worked around the clock for 30 hours to bring James into custody.Īs CBS2's Jessica Moore reports, police say James dropped clues along the way that helped investigators zero in on him as their prime suspect. NEW YORK - Frank James was arrested Wednesday afternoon in New York City.

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