A Crime Stoppers bulletin displaying photos of Frank R. James
(Picture: AP)A man wanted in an attack on a New York subway train where 10 people were shot has been arrested Wednesday, a law enforcement official has said.
Frank R. James, 62, was taken into custody in Manhattan, the official said.
New York Police Commissioner Keechant L. Sewell said the suspect was arrested with the help of a tip following a 30-hour search.
James faces a federal charge of a terrorism attack on mass transportation, officials said.
More than 20 people were left injured in the attack after a gunman open fired on a Brooklyn subway train.
Investigators had announced Tuesday afternoon they were searching for James who was believed to have rented a van possibly connected to the violence.
By Wednesday morning, New York authorities named the man as a suspect in the shooting itself.
Speaking earlier on Wednesday, New York City’s Mayor Eric Adams said on MSNBC: “We are going to continue to close the loop around him and bring him in, and continue the investigation into this horrific act against innocent New Yorker.”
Authorities were examining social media videos in which James called the US a racist place awash in violence and railed against the New York City's mayor.
The gunman fired off at least 33 shots with a 9mm handgun and set off smoke grenades in the crowded subway car, police said.
Five gunshot victims were in critical condition but all the 10 who had been wounded by gunfire in the shooting are expected to survive.
The shooter left behind a gun, ammunition magazines, a hatchet, smoke grenades, gasoline and the key to a U-Haul van.
It was the key that led investigators to James, a New York City-area native who had more recent addresses in Philadelphia and Wisconsin.
