The suspect in Tuesday’s Brooklyn subway shooting is still at large, but police have named a person of interest. There’s a $50,000 reward for the capture of Frank James, a 62-year-old man with addresses in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania.
Ten people were shot in the Tuesday morning shooting, with five critically injured. Another 13 sustained injuries from smoke inhalation—the suspect tossed two smoke grenades—or while fleeing the gunfire.
While James has not been named as a suspect … there’s that $50,000 reward. He had rented a U-Haul van, the keys to which were found at the site of the shooting, along with a credit card with his name on it. James is also linked to a series of YouTube videos—from which the police took a screenshot to use as his picture in identifying him as a person of interest—in which a man, apparently James, is shown “delivering extended tirades, many of them overtly concerned with race and violence, often tying those subjects in with current events, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the policies of [New York City Mayor Eric] Adams,” The New York Times reported.
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In a Monday video, James says, “I've been through a lot of s**t, where I can say I wanted to kill people. I wanted to watch people die right in front of my f**king face immediately. But I thought about the fact that, hey man, I don't want to go to no f**king prison,” CNN reports.
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In another recent video, he says, “We need to see more mass shootings. Yeah. ... We need to see more, there has to be more mass shootings to make a n***er understand. ... It's not about the shooter; it's about the environment in which he is, he has to exist.” James is Black. The YouTube videos reportedly use racist and misogynistic language.
Due to comments about Adams in the videos, the mayor’s security is being increased.
Police are asking the public to share any cellphone videos from the scene of the attack or elsewhere that may help them locate the suspect.