• The sole suspect in the mass shooting on a Brooklyn subway has been arrested.
  • NYPD cops apprehended Frank James in New York City's East Village. 
  • Police say James opened fire on a rush-hour subway train on Tuesday, wounding dozens.

Frank James, the sole suspect in the mass shooting on a New York City subway on Tuesday, has been arrested, the NYPD announced a day after gunfire rocked a rush-hour train in Brooklyn.

James was arrested on Wednesday at 1:42 p.m. by NYPD officers in the East Village of New York near the corner of St. Marks Place and First Avenue. 

"He will be charged with committing yesterday's appalling crime," NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell announced. "We were able to shrink his world quickly. There was nowhere else for him to run."

James faces one count of a federal statute banning terrorist and violent attacks on mass transport, authorities said. If convicted, he could face up to life in prison. 

Officials said James traveled across state lines and brought weapons across state lines to carry out the shooting. 

James has been arrested nine prior times in New York City in addition to three prior arrests in New Jersey, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig announced at Wednesday's press conference. 

Officials said they couldn't comment on a motive or whether this was an act of terrorism at this time. 

 

The NYPD had named James as the lone suspect in the subway shooting that left 10 people with gunshot wounds and more than a dozen others injured during rush hour on Tuesday in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood. 

The incident began around 8:30 a.m. local time when a man wearing a gas mask set off two smoke grenades in the car of a Manhattan-bound N train as it was pulling into the 36th Street station, authorities said. 

Witnesses said the train was moving slower than usual and the suspect shot at them for about one minute before the train cars opened and they were able to escape. 

Police said the suspect fired at least 33 times, hitting 10 people in the incident.

Authorities said that following the shooting, James traveled one more stop to the 25th Street station before getting off. 

A manhunt for the suspect ensued with police naming James a person of interest Tuesday afternoon after they were able to track his identity to a rented U-Haul truck that matched a key the suspect left at the scene. 

Officials were then able to confirm James' identity as the shooter based on a gun left at the scene, which officials said James bought in Ohio in 2011. 

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