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'Person of interest' named in NYC subway shooting that wounded 10, injured 13
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'Person of interest' named in NYC subway shooting that wounded 10, injured 13

At least 10 people were shot and six others injured after a man wearing a gas mask opened fire on a moving New York City subway train during rush hour Tuesday morning, authorities said.

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New York City police named a "person of interest" in the shooting Tuesday morning aboard a subway train in Brooklyn.

Ten people were shot and 13 others were injured after a man wearing a gas mask threw two smoke canisters and then opened fire aboard a subway car on the N train as it approached the 36th Street Station in Brooklyn during the morning rush hour, authorities said.

New York Police Chief of Detectives James W. Essig said at a news conference Tuesday night that Frank R. James, 62, rented a U-Haul van, the keys of which were found at the scene of the shooting in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood.

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"We are looking for Frank James," he said. "We know he rented that U-Haul van."

James, who has addresses in Wisconsin and Philadelphia, was not named as a suspect, and detectives want to determine whether he witnessed the attack, Essig said. The van was rented in Philadelphia, he said.

Police said they were looking into social media posts from someone with the same name that mentioned homelessness, New York and Mayor Eric Adams, leading officials to beef up the mayor’s security detail.

The shooter set off two smoke canisters and opened fire with a Glock 9 mm handgun, shooting 33 rounds that struck the 10 gunshot victims, authorities said.

Investigators later recovered from the subway station a gun with a magazine attached, two additional magazines, ammunition, a hatchet and a container of what is believed to be gasoline, New York Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said at the news conference.

Any possible motive was unknown.

The attack triggered a massive law enforcement response, and a manhunt continued into Tuesday evening.

Police had said they were looking for a man believed to be about 5-foot-5 and 180 pounds, wearing a green construction vest during the attack.

“This person is dangerous,” New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said at a news conference Tuesday.

The FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives have joined in the investigation.