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SUSPECTED GUNMAN IN NY SUBWAY SHOOTING CAUGHT, FACES TERRORISM CHARGE

The suspected gunman of the shooting in a New York subway car that saw 23 people injured, has been caught by the police.

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The suspect, 62-year-old Frank Robert James, was taken into custody about 13km from the crime scene, in lower Manhattan.

He was arrested 30 hours after the attack that took place in the N train heading towards Manhattan in the Sunset Park community in Brooklyn.

Authorities had determined his location through tipoffs from the public and residents, with some witnesses posting sightings of him online.

Mayor Eric Adams spoke to the media following the arrest of James, saying: “My fellow New Yorkers, we got him.”

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James has since been charged with a single count of committing a “terrorist or other violent attack” against a mass transportation system, by the federal prosecutors in a Brooklyn District Court.

Upon conviction, he faces life in prison.

The NYPD said that they had initially linked James to the shooting after they found keys to a rented U-Haul van left behind at the crime scene.

A wanted poster of James was also released to the public by the New York Police Department following the shooting, with a cash reward of up to $50,000.

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