Police of New York identified Frank James, a 62-year-old man, as a “person of interest” for Tuesday’s subway attack, who authorities are looking for “with all available resources,” although it has not yet been established whether he is the perpetrator .
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As explained at a press conference by the head of the New York Police detective unit, James Essig, the authorities found a key to a rental van from the U-Haul company at the crime scene, which in turn led to the location of the vehicle on a major Brooklyn thoroughfare, which has been cordoned off and is being investigated.
James has been identified as the person who rented the van, and police are trying to “locate him to determine his connection to the subway shooting, if any.”
“The two crime scenes, the subway and the van, are still very active and are still being processed,” Essig said.
The chief detective explained that the author of the attack threw two smoke bombs in the second car of the N line train when he was between the stops of 59th and 33rd streets, in southwest Brooklyn, after which he carried out at least 33 shots with a Glock 9mm weapon, which injured 10 people.
A 9mm Glock 17 weapon with three magazines, two other unexploded smoke bombs, and gasoline, among other items, were recovered at the crime scene.
Law enforcement is asking for the public’s help in finding Frank James, and a total of $50,000 in rewards are being offered for any information that may lead to his location.
“The NYPD is using all of our resources on this case, along with our partners at the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF),” Essig said.
In addition to the 10 gunshot wounds, the attack, perpetrated around 08:30 local time (12:30 GMT) today, in the middle of rush hour, another 13 people had to be treated for smoke inhalation or panic attacks, according to the latest official figures. .