Washington: Police in New York City have arrested a man suspected of shooting 10 commuters in a rush-hour attack at a Brooklyn subway station. Officials said, 62 Year old Frank James was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon in Manhattan after police received a tip-off.
He was the sole suspect in the shooting at Brooklyn’s 36th Street station on Tuesday morning, in which 23 people were injured, 10 of them from gunfire. James has been charged with a federal terrorism offense. Keechant Sewell, New York’s police commissioner, said that the suspect was arrested without incident. Authorities said, James will be charged on several counts including the violation of a federal law that prohibits terrorist and other violent attacks against mass transit systems. He could face life in prison if found guilty.
