New York subway shooting suspect arrested after tipping off police of his location [Video]

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• The suspect in the violent shooting inside a New York City subway car was arrested on Wednesday.
• Police believe Frank James called Crime Stoppers and tipped authorities off to his location.
• James, 62, was taken into custody without incident.

The suspect in New York City’s subway shooting was arrested Wednesday, authorities announced. Authorities had been looking for Frank James since finding a U-Haul van they say the suspect rented for the subway shooting.

Ten people were shot and over a dozen more were injured in the attack that happened during Tuesday morning’s rush hour. The 62-year-old suspect faces a federal terrorism charge and possible life imprisonment, police said. Authorities are still investigating what his motive is.

On Wednesday afternoon, James was arrested in Manhattan’s East Village neighborhood after police received a tip, New York Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell told reporters. According to CBS News, authorities believe that James himself called Crime Stoppers to tip off his general whereabouts on Wednesday.

“We were able to shrink his world quickly,” Sewell said. “There was nowhere left for him to run.”

The suspect was taken into custody without incident, Sewell said.

James will appear in Brooklyn Federal Court on Thursday, according to John Marzulli, a public information officer for the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York.

The man who called the Crime Stoppers tip line identified himself as James and said he’d heard the police were looking for him, the source said.

When authorities asked for the man’s callback number, the caller said his cell phone was dying and that he’d be at the McDonald’s charging it. Police went to McDonald’s in Manhattan’s East Village and spotted James walking on the street nearby where he was arrested.

Authorities believe James left the scene of the shooting on a subway train that took people away from the scene after the attack, NYPD Chief of Detectives James Essig said.

Sewell said hundreds of detectives worked on finding James.

“My fellow New Yorkers: We got him. We got him,” New York Mayor Eric Adams said, adding, “I want to thank everyday New Yorkers who called in tips.”

Source: CBS News