A massive manhunt had been launched following a shooting in a Brooklyn subway on Tuesday morning.
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Police in New York City have arrested a man suspected of shooting 10 commuters in a rush hour attack at a Brooklyn subway station.
Frank James, 62, was first named by police as a “person of interest” on Tuesday, launching a massive manhunt.
On Wednesday morning, officials said Mr James was the sole suspect in the shooting, in which 23 people were wounded, 10 of them from gunfire.
The shooting renewed calls to address violence in the city’s transit system.
“My fellow New Yorkers: we got him,” Mayor Eric Adams said via video during a Wednesday afternoon press conference.
According to police, the suspect detonated two smoke grenades and opened fire with a handgun at Brooklyn’s 36th Street station on Tuesday morning.
The suspected gunman was linked to the attack through a rented U-Haul van. The key to the van, rented in Philadelphia, was found at the scene.
He was reportedly apprehended by police while walking the streets of lower Manhattan.
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