The perpetrator of the attack on the New York subway , Frank James, was arrested.
The 62-year-old African American was arrested in Manhattan, in the East Village, between St. Marks and First Avenue, after a manhunt that lasted more than 24 hours and which involved thousands of policemen. He walked like nothing had happened and when two officers recognized him, he would not have resisted arrest.
He is now accused of terrorism. Over twenty people were injured yesterday when he opened fire in the Sunset Park subway in Brooklyn. With 33 shots fired, only the jammed pistol (a 9mm Glock purchased in Ohio) avoided the killing.
After the attack he had lost track of him for over 24 hours, managing to escape the massive array of forces put in place to capture him. The van he rented in Philadelphia was found a few blocks from the attack site. On the subway platform was her bag with bullets, a hatchet and fireworks, as well as a credit card and the keys to the used van.
The police sifted through his social networks: by posting photos of firearms, he described himself as a person with psychological problems related to post-traumatic stress. In one video he spoke of himself as "a prophet of doom". There was a $ 50,000 bounty on him.
After hours it was finally found, but there is no shortage of controversy. Many wonder how it could have taken so long to capture such a dangerous man in a super-guarded city like New York. And also why the surveillance cameras at the attacking station weren't working.
Thus ends up being the mayor Eric Adams, a former policeman, who won the elections by promising a safer New York, starting from the subway network, the backbone of public transport in the metropolis. Forced into isolation due to Covid, Adams in these hours reaffirms his firm commitment against the wave of violence in the city and hypothesizes the introduction of systems similar to metal detectors to control the entrances in subway stations, to ensure that no one can enter armed.
