New York City Police Department Identifies Person With Interest in Brooklyn Metro Shooting
The New York Police Department (NYPD) said it has identified a man with an interest in the shooting of the subway car that shot 10 people in Brooklyn on Tuesday morning
Chief James Essig told reporters that a cache of weapons had been recovered from the scene, including guns, ammunition, a hatchet, gasoline and keys to a U-Haul van
Investigators found the vehicle parked in Brooklyn and have since linked it to a man named Frank R. James, who rented it in Philadelphia
Essig described James as a 62-year-old man "with addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia
We are trying to trace him to find out whether he has any connection with the firing in the metro or not," he said
Esig offered several new details about the shooting that took place before 8:30 a.m
Since the N train was between stations on 59th Street and 36th Street, there was a black male sitting in the back corner in the second car," Essig said during an evening press conference
As the train pulled into the station, witness says the man opened two smoking grenades, brandishing a Glock 9mm handgun, then fired that weapon at least 33 times