2022 New York City Subway attack
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On the morning of April 12, 2022, a mass shooting was committed on a northbound N train on the New York City Subway in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York, United States. At approximately 8:24 a.m. EDT, a 62-year-old Black nationalist[5][6] Frank Robert James[2] put on a gas mask, threw two smoke grenades, and fired a handgun 33 times. The shooting occurred as the train was traveling between the 59th Street and 36th Street stations.
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Location | N train pulling into the 36th Street station, New York City, United States |
Date | April 12, 2022 (2022-04-12) c. 8:24 a.m. (EDT) |
Target | Commuters on the N train |
Attack type | Mass shooting, attempted murder |
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Deaths | 0 |
Injured | 29 (10 by gunfire, 19 by other causes)[1] |
Perpetrator | Frank Robert James[2] |
Motive | Black Supremacy and Afrocentrism, Anti-White hatred, Hispanophobia, Anti-Asian hatred[3] |
Verdict | Guilty plea on charges of federal terrorism |
Sentence | 10 concurrent life sentences without parole plus 10 years |
Charges | Federal charges: Committing a terrorist attack on a mass transportation system (10 counts) Discharge of firearm during the commission of a crime of violence (1 count) [4] State charges: Pending |
Although no one died, 29 people were injured; ten victims were hit by direct gunfire, while the remaining injuries were from smoke inhalation. Most passengers disembarked at 36th Street, where some passengers fled onto an R train that traveled one additional stop to 25th Street. On the day after the attack, Frank James was arrested as the suspect after a large manhunt. James was charged by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York with committing a terrorist act on a mass transit system and discharging a firearm during the commission of a Crime of Violence,[4] to which James pleaded not guilty.[7] On January 3, 2023, James pled guilty to federal terrorism charges.[8] On October 5, 2023, James was sentenced to life in prison.[9]