His hours of disjointed, expletive-filled videos range from current events, to his life story, to bigoted remarks about people of various backgrounds. Police said he’d been arrested 12 times in New York and New Jersey between 19 on charges ranging from disorderly conduct to possession of burglary tools, but he has no felony convictions. James had worked at a variety of manufacturing and other jobs, according to his videos. Bruce Allen, a neighbor near a Philadelphia apartment where James stayed for the last couple of weeks, said the man never spoke to him, even when moving in. James was born in New York but had lived recently in Philadelphia and Milwaukee, authorities said. Surveillance cameras captured the van arriving from Philadelphia early Tuesday, and a man wearing what appeared to be the same orange jacket leaving the vehicle near the station. The van was found, unoccupied, near a station where investigators believe James entered the subway system. Authorities found ammunition, targets and a pistol barrel in the storage locker and learned he’d been there on Monday, the complaint said. Tucked in an orange workers’ jacket, which he apparently tossed on a subway platform, was a receipt for a Philadelphia storage unit. He got out at the next station, disappearing into the nation’s most populous city.īut James left behind numerous clues at the crime scene, including the gun - which he bought in Ohio in 2011 - ammunition magazines, a hatchet, smoke grenades, gasoline, a bank card in his name and the key to a U-Haul van he rented Monday in Philadelphia, according to police and a court complaint. When the train stopped at a station and terrified riders fled, James apparently hopped another train - the same one many were steered to for safety, police said.
“Oops,” James said, set off a second, then brandished the gun and opened fire, Chief of Detectives James Essig said. When the first smoke bomb went off, a passenger asked what he was doing, according to a witness account to police. James detonated two smoke grenades and fired at least 33 shots with a 9 mm handgun in a subway car packed with commuters, police said. Guatemala’s Foreign Ministry said an 18-year-old Guatemalan national, Rudy Alfredo Pérez Vásquez, was hospitalized but “out of danger” Wednesday after being injured in the attack. One had been heading to class at Borough of Manhattan Community College when he was hit by either a bullet or shrapnel and needed surgery, the governor said. Kathy Hochul visited victims as young as 12 in a hospital Tuesday night. “I don’t think I could ever ride a train again,” Hourari Benkada, a Manhattan hotel housekeeping manager who was shot in the leg, told CNN from a hospital bed.
The arrest came as the gunshot victims, and at least a dozen others injured in the attack, tried to recover. “There was nowhere left for him to run,” Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said. Passer-by Aleksei Korobow said he saw four police cars zoom past, and when he caught up to them, James was in handcuffs as a crowd of people looked on. James was gone when officers arrived, but he was soon spotted on a busy corner nearby, Chief of Department Kenneth Corey said. They weren’t authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke on condition of anonymity. The tipster was James, calling to say he knew he was wanted and that police could find him at a McDonald’s in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood, two law enforcement officials said. Police had urged the public to help find him, releasing his name and photo and even sending a cellphone alert before they got a tip Wednesday. A message seeking comment was sent to a lawyer representing him. He was transferred hours later to federal Bureau of Prisons custody and was being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. James didn’t respond to reporters’ shouted questions as he was led to a police car Wednesday afternoon. Security camera fail during NYC subway attack to be probed
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