A gunman in a gas mask and construction vest set off smoke grenades and fired a barrage of bullets in a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn, wounding at least 10…
Highlights
- Police identify a person of interest as Frank R. James, 62, in relation to the attack.
- He has addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin, officials say.
- Five people are in critical condition but are expected to survive.
- A gas mask and construction vest fired a barrage of bullets in a subway train in Brooklyn, police say.
- The attack unnerved a city on guard about a rise in gun violence and the ever-present threat of terrorism in New York City’s subway system, which has been hit by a wave of violence in recent months.
- The MTA announced last fall it had installed cameras in all 472 subway stations in the city’s main subway system.