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☆ Brooklyn subway shooter who wounded 10 faces sentencing on terrorism charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Frank James, the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting walks outside a police precinct in New York City, New York, U.S., April 13, 2022. "I got on the subway train that was carrying people," James told the courtroom. James opened fire during the morning rush hour as the train headed to an underground station in Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood. Prosecutors from the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn are seeking what amounts to a life sentence: 10 concurrent life sentences plus 10 years. James' attorneys are seeking an 18-year sentence, according to court documents.

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☆ New York Subway Shooter Frank James Pleads Guilty to Terrorist Attack
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( James Fanelli | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

A sketch shows Frank James at a plea hearing, at which he said he opened fire to cause serious bodily harm. New York City subway shooting defendant Frank James pleaded guilty Tuesday in a Brooklyn federal court to terrorism and gun charges, telling a judge that he opened fire on a crowded train to cause serious bodily harm to passengers. Mr. James, 63 years old, pleaded guilty to 11 counts, including committing a terrorist attack against a mass-transit system and discharging a firearm. He told U.S. District Judge William Kuntz that on the morning of April 12, he boarded a subway train in Brooklyn and later fired a pistol at passengers. While he intended to injure people, he didn’t want to kill anyone, Mr. James said.

[1/2] Frank James, the suspect in the Brooklyn subway shooting walks outside a police precinct in New York City, New York, U.S., April 13, 2022. REUTERS/Andrew KellyNEW YORK, Jan 3 (Reuters) - The man who set off smoke bombs on a crowded New York subway train before shooting 10 people last April in one of the most violent attacks ever seen on the city's transit system pleaded guilty on Tuesday to terrorism and weapons charges. "I got on the subway train that was carrying people," said James, dressed in wrinkled khaki jail overalls and sitting at a table alongside his public defenders. read moreLess than two months after James' attack, a man was arrested in the fatal, unprovoked shooting of a man on a subway car crossing the Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn into Manhattan. In June, another man was arrested on suspicion of pushing a woman onto the tracks of a subway station in the Bronx.

☆ Accused Brooklyn Subway Shooter to Plead Guilty to Terrorism Charges
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Frank James , the man accused of shooting 10 passengers in a New York City subway earlier this year, plans to plead guilty to terrorism charges, his lawyers said in a court filing. Lawyers for Mr. James said in a letter Wednesday to a Brooklyn federal court that he would plead guilty to the 11-count indictment. He was charged with 10 counts of committing a terrorist attack on a mass transportation system, one count for each person shot. Mr. James was also charged with one count of discharging a firearm.

The man accused of one of the most violent rampages on New York City's public transportation system in years is expected to plead guilty to terrorism charges in the Brooklyn subway shooting, authorities said. Frank James' lawyer filed paperwork Wednesday indicating he would enter a guilty plea in the April 12 attack, and a hearing has been scheduled for Jan. 3. Ten people were shot and 13 others were injured in the gunfire and smoke bomb attack on a Brooklyn subway, which shook the city and set off a 30-hour manhunt before James was arrested in Manhattan. “The defendant committed a premeditated mass shooting on the New York City subway system and then fled the scene, with a stockpile of ammunition and other dangerous items stowed in his storage unit,” the federal prosecutors wrote. James pleaded not guilty in Brooklyn federal court the same month.

☆ NY City subway shooting suspect to plead guilty to terrorism charges
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

NEW YORK, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Frank James, the man accused of a shooting attack on the New York City subway in April 2022, told a court through his public defenders on Wednesday that he intended to plead guilty to federal terrorism charges. All the victims survived the highly unusual attack on the largest transit system in the United States. This month, federal prosecutors filed new charges against James in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, including 10 counts of a terrorist attack and other violence against a mass transportation system. Shortly before the attack, James was seen entering the subway system in Brooklyn, dressed in an orange reflective jacket and yellow hard hat. Reporting by Luc Cohen and Jonathan Allen; Editing by Leslie Adler and David GregorioOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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