BREAKING: Brooklyn Subway Attack Suspect Frank James Now in Custody

As we noted on Tuesday, police had launched a desperate manhunt to find the shooter in the subway attack in Brooklyn, New York, in which 10 people were shot and many others were injured.

The police were looking for a man named Frank James who had rented a U-Haul that they had connected to the attack. Initially, they called James a “person of interest” but then this morning, Mayor Eric Adams announced they were now calling him a “suspect.”

#BREAKING: @NYCMayor just announced that Frank James is now a suspect in yesterday’s subway shooting and no longer just a person of interest. https://t.co/6ZNkOhlp3n

— Fabien Levy (@Fabien_Levy) April 13, 2022

There were also reports the police had concerns about him in the past , but cleared him after questioning in 2019.

Now reports are that he is in custody.

As I reported last night, James had a lot of troubling social media posts and videos related to killing people, racial extremism, even posts seeming to praise Fidel Castro. He seemed a very disturbed individual, so it’s a good thing that he’s been nabbed.

Per Pete Williams

Frank James arrested in Manhattan, police sources tell WNBC that an arrest was made at St. Marks and 1st Ave. The Suspect was involved in some kind of stabbing. Now at local police precinct.

On now @msnbc

— Katy Tur (@KatyTurNBC) April 13, 2022

Good on this guy for calling him out:

This guy just caught the NYC a subway shooter right in front of a bunch of us. @NBCNews @cnnbrk @ABC7NY @CBSNews pic.twitter.com/H8gSaLDXi6

— Amy Atlas (@amyatlas) April 13, 2022

Talk about a real hero.